Fien Mertens
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Recent Articles
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Krystallidou D, Kersbergen M, de Groot E, Fluit C, Kuijer-Siebelink W, Mertens F, et al.
Med Teach
. 2024 Mar;
46(12):1607-1624.
PMID: 38513054
Aim: To provide an evidence-informed program theory (PT) for Interprofessional Education (IPE) that adds to the knowledge base of how IPE in undergraduate health sciences education works. Methods: We undertook...
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Mertens F, Vanderstichelen S, Deveugele M, Deliens L, Pype P
Ann Palliat Med
. 2023 Jul;
12(4):767-782.
PMID: 37431219
Background: To understand how family carers experienced the illness trajectory of their next of kin related to transfers taken place between care settings in palliative care, their experiences and attitude...
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Mertens F, Sercu M, Derycke A, Naert L, Deliens L, Deveugele M, et al.
Ann Palliat Med
. 2022 Aug;
11(9):2830-2843.
PMID: 35989649
Background: Palliative patients often suffer from serious illness and commonly move between care settings. As such, transfers of patients can take place between acute hospital based care and community based...
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Van Wilder L, Pype P, Mertens F, Rammant E, Clays E, Devleesschauwer B, et al.
BMC Fam Pract
. 2021 Nov;
22(1):233.
PMID: 34789153
Background: Little is known about how patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) experience their chronic disease, and how it impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Compared to their more affluent...
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Mertens F, Dormaar J, Vander Poorten V, Vranckx J
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg
. 2021 Jun;
74(9):1973-1983.
PMID: 34187765
Background: Autologous vascularized bone transfer is the preferred strategy for the reconstruction of mandibular defects in a pediatric population. The principal argument is the theoretical postoperative growth potential of the...
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Mertens F, Debrulle Z, Lindskog E, Deliens L, Deveugele M, Pype P
Palliat Med
. 2020 Oct;
35(2):355-366.
PMID: 33126837
Background: Continuity of care is challenging when transferring patients across palliative care settings. These transfers are common due to the complexity of palliative care, which has increased significantly since the...
7.
Mertens F, De Gendt A, Deveugele M, Van Hecke A, Pype P
J Clin Nurs
. 2019 Jun;
28(19-20):3680-3690.
PMID: 31216390
Aims And Objectives: To explore how community nurses experience the collaboration with general practitioners and specialist palliative home care team nurses in palliative home care and the perceived factors influencing...
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Sercu M, Beyens I, Cosyns M, Mertens F, Deveugele M, Pype P
Qual Health Res
. 2018 Sep;
28(14):2220-2238.
PMID: 30234423
Lynn conceptualized end-of-life (EoL) care for patients with advanced chronic-progressive illnesses as a combination of life-preserving/palliative care, the palliative aspect gradually becoming the main focus as death approaches. We checked...
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Pype P, Mertens F, Helewaut F, Krystallidou D
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2018 Jul;
18(1):570.
PMID: 30029638
Background: Complexity science has been introduced in healthcare as a theoretical framework to better understand complex situations. Interdisciplinary healthcare teams can be viewed as Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) by focusing...
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Pype P, Mertens F, Helewaut F, DHulster B, De Sutter A
Acta Clin Belg
. 2017 Dec;
73(3):213-219.
PMID: 29199905
Context: Polypharmacy results in adverse drug interactions, high pill burden, and medication costs. Stopping or diminishing potentially inappropriate medication (PIM), is complex . Data on the use of PIM in...