Marlies Welbie

Hogeschool Utrecht · research group of Researchcompetence

Background A highly promoted opportunity for optimizing healthcare services is to expand the role of non-physician care providers by care reallocation. Reallocating care from physicians to non-physicians can play an important role in solving systemic healthcare problems such as care delays, hospital overcrowding, long waiting lists, high work press...

PurposeThe purpose of this research was to explore women’s experiences after breast surgery with scar characteristics and symptoms, and its impact on their health-related quality of life (HRQOL).Material and methodsA qualitative study using semi-structured face-to-face interviews was conducted among women following prophylactic, oncologic, or recon...

Background Despite the wide range of available treatment modalities a delay between the first outbreak of acne vulgaris and an effective treatment outcome is experienced by many patients. Considering the growing incentives to improve patient satisfaction and quality of care while reducing healthcare costs, insights into the structure, quality and a...

Background A highly promoted opportunity for optimizing healthcare services is to expand the role of non-physician care providers by care reallocation. Reallocating care from physicians to non-physicians can play an important role in solving systemic healthcare problems such as care delays, hospital overcrowding, long waiting lists, high work press...

Purpose Our aim was to develop consensus on the definition and operationalization of communicative participation (CP) in 2- to 8-year-old children with language disorders (LDs). A clear definition and operationalization can facilitate the discussion about children's communication problems in daily life between parents and professionals. Method In...

Background: A Venous Leg Ulcer (VLU) has a significant negative impact on quality of life. Prevention for a VLU is not yet imbedded in clinical practice because risk factors for developing a first VLU are not well-known. Objectives: The objective was to further explore the progression of Chronic Venous Disease (CVD) into a first VLU from a patie...

Background: In the past years, a mobile health (mHealth) app called the Dutch Talking Touch Screen Questionnaire (DTTSQ) was developed in The Netherlands. The aim of development was to enable Dutch physical therapy patients to autonomously complete a health-related questionnaire regardless of their level of literacy and digital skills. Objective:...

BACKGROUND The Turkish translation of the Dutch Talking Touch Screen Questionnaire (TTSQ) has been developed to help physical therapy patients with a Turkish background in The Netherlands to autonomously elucidate their health problems and impairments and set treatment goals regardless of their level of health literacy. OBJECTIVE The aim of the cu...

Background: The Turkish translation of the Dutch Talking Touch Screen Questionnaire (TTSQ) has been developed to help physical therapy patients with a Turkish background in the Netherlands to autonomously elucidate their health problems and impairments and set treatment goals, regardless of their level of health literacy. Objective: The aim of t...

BACKGROUND In the past years a mHealth app, called the Dutch Talking Touch Screen Questionnaire (DTTSQ) was developed in The Netherlands. The aim of development was to enable Dutch physical therapy patients to autonomously complete a health related questionnaire regardless of their level of education or digital literacy. OBJECTIVE The aim of this...

Background: Low-educated patients are disadvantaged in using questionnaires within the health care setting because most health-related questionnaires do not take the educational background of patients into account. The Dutch Talking Touch Screen Questionnaire (DTTSQ) was developed in an attempt to meet the needs of low-educated patients by using p...

Large groups in society, in particular people with low literacy, lack the necessary proactivity and problem-solving skills to be self-reliant. One omnipresent problem area where these skills are relevant regards filling in forms and questionnaires. These problems could be potentially alleviated by taking advantage of the possibilities of informatio...

Om taalbarrières in huisartsengesprekken te verminderen, kunnen huisartsen en patiënten ervoor kiezen een tolk in te schakelen. In dit hoofdstuk wordt ingegaan op het nut en de noodzaak van het inzetten van de professionele tolk in de gezondheidszorg. Daarnaast worden de kosten, bereikbaarheid, inzetbaarheid en werkwijze van de tolk belicht. Tevens...

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