Susanne van Hooft

• Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

Background Self-management support is widely considered a critical aspect of nursing. Still, many studies indicate that nurses frequently experience difficulties in daily practice. Objective To gain a deeper understanding of the factors perceived by nurses to impede or promote their support of patients’ self-management within the dynamic environme...

Objective: To develop and psychometrically test the Self-Efficacy and Performance in Self-Management Support instrument for physiotherapists (SEPSS-PT), based on the SEPSS-36, the corresponding instrument for nurses. Design: Instrument development including content validation and psychometric evaluation (construct validity, factor structure and...

This study aimed at investigating nurse practitioners' self-efficacy and behavior in supporting self-management of patients with a progressive, life-threatening illness and their relatives. We adapted an existing validated instrument for this purpose, amongst other things by adding a seventh subscale "attention for relatives," and administered it i...

Background: Family caregivers of patients at the end of life often experience care-related burden. To prevent caregiver burden and to enhance the capacity to provide care it is important to have insight in their support needs. The purpose of this study was to identify profiles of family caregivers who provide care to patients at the end of life at...

To reveal Dutch midwives’ distinct perspectives about woman-centred care.

Background: Woman-centred care is a philosophy for midwifery care management of the childbearing woman. There is no mutually recognised internalised way in midwifery to provide woman-centred care. Objective: To reveal midwives’ distinct perspectives about woman-centred care. Methods: A Q-methodology study amongst 48 Dutch community-based midwives...

Objectives: To explore how nurses perceive their self-efficacy and performance in supporting self-management among patients with incurable cancer, and whether these perceptions differ between community and hospital nurses. Sample & Setting: 222 hospital nurses (n = 94) and community nurses (n = 128) working with adult patients with incurable cance...

Background: Nurses are expected to support people to self-manage. Student nurses therefore need to master competencies that include the assessment of peoples' needs and preferences, and shared decision-making, whilst respecting and enhancing peoples' autonomy. Adapting nurse education programmes to meet this goal requires insight into the practice...

Self-management support programs are reported to have positive effects on the health and care of people with physical disabilities. It is unclear how physiotherapists (PTs) view self-management support. A cross-sectional study with mixed-methods design using Q-methodology was conducted to determine the perspectives of Dutch PTs on self-management s...

De visie van docenten, het team op de stageplaats en het curriculum van de hbo-v: het speelt allemaal mee in hoe verpleegkundestudenten omgaan met zelfmanagement. Onderzoek laat zien waarom het thema voor veel studenten nog een hele kluif is.

Aim: The aim of this study was to examine how nurse-led interventions that support self-management of outpatients with chronic conditions work and in what contexts they work successfully. Background: Self-management could be directed at goals such as quality of life, adherence or patients' empowerment. Self-management support is an increasingly...

Background: A major challenge for nurses in hospital care is supporting chronically ill patients in self-managing their chronic condition. Self-management support requires a broad range of competencies and is often regarded as difficult to implement in daily practice. So far, we have no insight in nurses' behavior in daily practice with regard to...

Aim: To develop and psychometrically test the self-efficacy and performance in self-management support (SEPSS) instrument. Background: Facilitating persons with a chronic condition to take an active role in the management of their condition, implicates that nurses acquire new competencies. An instrument that can validly and reliably measure nurs...

Volgens de nieuwe beroepsprofielen is het ondersteunen van zelfmanagement een belangrijke taak van verpleegkundige zorgprofessionals.1 Als zorgverlener, samenwerkingspartner en gezondheidsbevorderaar moet de verpleegkundige competent zijn om zelfmanagement van patiënten te ondersteunen. Wat de verpleegkundige hiervoor moet kunnen is tot nu toe nog...

Volgens de nieuwe beroepsprofielen is het ondersteunen van zelfmanagement een belangrijke taak van verpleegkundige zorgprofessionals.1) Als zorgverlener, samenwerkingspartner en gezondheidsbevorderaar moet de verpleegkundige competent zijn om zelfmanagement van patiënten te ondersteunen. Wat de verpleegkundige hiervoor moet kunnen is tot nu toe nog...

Background Self-management support is a major task of nurses in chronic care. Several conceptualizations on what self-management support encompasses are described in the literature. However, nurses’ attitudes and perceptions related to self-management support are not known. Objective To reveal distinctive perspectives of nurses towards self-manage...