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Research in health and quality of life

Selected publications

International

Abarshi E, Echteld MA, Block L vd, Donker G, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B. The oldest old and GP end-of-life care in the Dutch community: a nationwide study.Age Ageing 2010; Epub ahead of print Sep 4.

Abarshi E, Echteld MA, Block L vd, Donker G, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B. Transitions between care settings at the end of life in The Netherlands: results from a nationwide study. Palliat Med 2010; 24(2): 166-74.

Abarshi E, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Donker G, Echteld MA, Block L vd, Deliens L. General practitioner awareness of preferred place of death and correlates of dying in a preferred place: a nationwide mortality follow-back study in the Netherlands. J Pain Symptom Manage 2009; 38(4):568-77.

Abarshi E, Echteld MA, Block L vd, Donker G, Bossuyt N, Meeussen K, et al. Use of palliative care services and end-of-life GP visits in the Netherlands and Belgium. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010; Accepted for publication.

Abarshi E, Echteld MA, Block L vd, Donker G, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD. The oldest old and GP end-of-life care in the Dutch community: a nationwide study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2010; Accepted for publication.

Abarshi E, Echteld MA, Block L vd, Donker G, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD. Recognising patients who will die in the near future: A nationwide study via the Dutch Sentinel Network of GPs. British Journal of General Practise; Accepted for publication.

Albers G, Echteld MA, Vet HCW d, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Linden MHM vd, Deliens L. Content and spiritual items of quality-of-life instruments appropriate for use in palliative care: a review. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Jun 10; Epub ahead of print.

Albers G, Echteld MA, Vet HCW d, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Linden MHM vd, Deliens L. Evaluation of quality-of-life measures for use in palliative care: a systematic review. Palliat Med. 2010;24(1): 17-37.

Echteld MA, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Klein M, Wal G vd. EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer? Palliat Med. 2006;20(1):1-2.

Echteld MA, Deliens L, Ooms M, Ribbe M, Wal G vd. Quality of life change and response shift in patients admitted to palliative care units in the Netherlands. Palliat Med. 2005;19(5):381-8.

Echteld MA, Deliens L, Wal G vd, Ooms ME, Ribbe MW. Palliative care units in The Netherlands: changes in patients' functional status and symptoms. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004;28(3):233-43.

Echteld MA, Elderen TMT v, Kamp LJT vd. How goal disturbance, coping and chest pain relate to quality of life: A study among patients waiting for PTCA. Qual Life Res 2001;10(6):487-501.

Echteld MA, Elderen TMT v, Kamp LJT vd. Modeling predictors of quality of life after coronary angioplasty. Ann Beh Med. 2003;26(1):49-60.

Echteld MA, Elderen TMT v, Maes S, Schwarzer R. Predictors of quality of life in PTCA patients: Avoiding stressors increases quality of life.  Advances in health psychology research. Berlin: Berlin Free University; 1998.

Echteld MA, Passchier J, Teunissen S, Claessen S, Wit R de, Rijt CCD vd. Multidimensional fatigue and its correlates in hospitalised advanced cancer patients. Eur J Cancer 2007;43(6):1030-6.

Echteld MA, Zuylen L v, Bannink M, Witkamp E, Rijt CCD vd. Changes in and correlates of individual quality of life in advanced cancer patients admitted to an academic unit for palliative care. Palliat Med 2007;21(3):199-205.

Meeussen K, Block L vd, Bossuyt N, Bilsen J, Echteld MA, Casteren V v, et al. GPs' awareness of patients' preference for place of death. Br J Gen Pract. 2009 Sep;59(566):665-70.

Meeussen K, Van den Block L, Bossuyt N, Echteld MA, Bilsen J, Deliens L. Physician reports of medication use with explicit intention of hastening the end of life in the absence of explicit patient request in general practice in Belgium. BMC Public Health. 2010;10(1):186.

Oldenmenger WH, Echteld MA, Wit R d, Sillevis Smitt PA, Stronks DL, Stoter G, et al. Analgesic adherence measurement in cancer patients: comparison between electronic monitoring and diary. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Dec;34(6):639-47.

Steen JT vd, Gijsberts MJ, Echteld MA, Muller MT, Ribbe MW, Deliens L. Defining spirituality at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2009;12(8):677.

Westerman MJ, Hak T, Echteld MA, Groen HJ, Wal G vd. Change in what matters to palliative patients: eliciting information about adaptation with SEIQoL-DW. Palliat Med. 2007;21(7):581-6.

National

Deliens L, Echteld MA, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, editors. Palliatieve zorg: Medische en verpleegkundige praktijk in Nederland en België. Houten (NL): Bohn, Stafleu, Van Lochum; 2009.

Dooren S v, Oldenmenger WH, Echteld MA, Passchier J, Groeneweg JG, Rijt CCD vd. Kankergerelateerde vermoeidheid en multidimensionele aspecten tijdens de palliatieve fase van het ziektebeloop. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor de Palliatieve Zorg. 2008;8(1): 1-8.

Echteld MA, Brandt HE, Deliens L. Kwaliteit van het levenseinde in Nederland. Gedrag en Gezondheid 2006;34(4):296-315.

Echteld MA, Deliens L, Boddaert MSA, Gerritsen W, Linden MHM vd, Verdonck IMM, Zuurmond WWA, Wal G vd. An individual quality of life intervention for hospitalised advanced cancer patients. Patient Reported Outcomes 2006;(37):28-31.

Echteld MA, Deliens L, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, editors. Palliatieve zorg: Nederland en Vlaanderen in beeld. Utrecht (NL): De Tijdstroom; 2008.

Echteld MA, Deliens L, Ooms ME, van Bokhoven RF, Ribbe MW, van der Wal G. Bevorderende en belemmerende factoren voor het implementeren van units voor kortdurende terminale zorg in verpleeghuizen. Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 2004;35(1):21-7.

Meeussen K, Block L vd, Bossuyt N, Bilsen J, Echteld MA, Casteren V v, et al. Weet de huisarts waar zijn patiënt wil sterven? Resultaten van een nationaal retrospectief sterfteonderzoek. Huisarts Nu 2010;39(4):159-64.

Doctoral dissertation

Echteld MA. Modelling predictors of quality of life in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty. Doctoral dissertation. Leiden: Leiden University; 2002.

 

Pubmed

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