Wilco Achterberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 1842771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wilco Achterberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wilco |
| FAMILY NAME | Achterberg |
| SIGNATURE | ACHTERBERG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9227-7135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reducing Barriers for Best Practice in People Living with Dementia
The Brazilian Portuguese PAIC-15 is now available, showing acceptable content validity. Linguistic challenges highlight the need for training and further validation in larger samples
Identifying Stakeholder Values for an eHealth Intervention to Facilitate Home-Based Geriatric Rehabilitation
Despite the existing need for an integrated eHealth intervention for home-based geriatric rehabilitation, it has never, to our knowledge, been developed through co-creation with the stakeholders. This study aims to identify values (based on stakeholders' needs and preferences) regarding an eHealth intervention that fits the context of home-based geriatric rehabilitation. The multi-method qualitative design of this study comprised multiple qualita…
Advance care planning with people living with dementia
Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) is important but complex with people living with dementia. This study aims to explore ethical considerations of physicians around ACP for dementia in two high-income countries (United States and the Netherlands). Methods In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Dutch and American physicians from specialties that provide end-of-life care for people with living dementia. Their …
On the limits of communication
Our qualitative study, consisting of in-depth semi-structured interviews with recent retirees in the Dutch city of Leiden, set out to investigate how communication, through processes of self-identification and the negotiation of social identities, relates to (self-)ageism. A letter from the city administration was used to make age identification salient in our research and prompted stories of various liminal spaces and phases that our participant…
Occurrence and Timing of Advance Care Planning in Persons With Dementia in General Practice
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is a process of communication in which patients and family caregivers discuss preferences for future care with the healthcare team. For persons with dementia, it is crucial to timely engage in ACP. Therefore, we study ACP in dementia using electronic health record data. This study aims to determine how often ACP conversations are recorded, analyze time from dementia diagnosis until the first recorded conver…
Distancing Measures and Challenges Discussed by Covid-19 Outbreak Teams of Dutch Nursing Homes
The most severe COVID-19 infections and highest mortality rates are seen among long-term care residents. To reduce the risk of infection, physical distancing is important. This study investigates what physical distancing measures were discussed by COVID-19 outbreak teams of Dutch long-term care organizations and what challenges they encountered. The COVID-19 MINUTES study is a qualitative multi-center study ( n = 41) that collected minutes of COV…
Job Demands, Work Functioning and Mental Health in Dutch Nursing Home Staff during the Covid-19 Outbreak
COVID-19 posed enormous challenges for nursing home staff, which may have caused stress and mental health problems. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of mental health problems among nursing home staff and investigate the differences in job demands, work functioning and mental health between staff with and without COVID contact or COVID infection and across different levels of COVID worries. In this cross-sectional study, 1669 employees f…
The Impact of Social Distancing Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic on People with Dementia, Family Carers and Healthcare Professionals
Social distancing measures imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges to the health and wellbeing of people with dementia, family carers, and healthcare professionals. This study investigated the impact of these measures on all involved in the care for people with dementia. For this qualitative study, 20 family carers and 20 healthcare professionals from home care and long-term care (LTC) participated in a semi-structured inter…
Activities for Residents of Dutch Nursing Homes during the Covid-19 Pandemic
To protect nursing home residents from getting infected with COVID-19, several measures have been imposed. The aim of this study was to describe the impact of these measures on activities for Dutch nursing home residents, the conditions under which the activities could take place, and the considerations when making decisions about the (dis)continuation of activities. The study consisted of the data of the qualitative MINUTES-study. Textual units …
Expressions of self-ageism in four European countries
Self-ageism has a significant negative impact on older people's ageing experiences and health outcomes. Despite ample evidence on cross-cultural ageism, studies have rarely looked into the way cultural contexts affect self-ageism. In this article, we compare expressions of self-ageism and its possible predictors across four European countries based on two questionnaires in a study sample of 2,494 individuals aged 55 and older. We explore how pred…
Implementation of a Stepwise, Multidisciplinary Intervention for Pain and Challenging Behaviour in Dementia (STA OP!)
Although the intervention was not implemented as planned, the intervention empowered healthcare professionals and increased their awareness of the signals of pain and challenging behaviour. Future implementation of the intervention should start on units with a motivational leader, and specific features of the organisation and the team should be considered to facilitate implementation, e.g. stability, support, and shared focus to change
Geriatric Rehabilitation Network – Patient in the Lead
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Improving quality of life in patients with Huntington’s disease through music therapy
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative, autosomal dominant disease, characterized by motor disturbances, behavioral and psychological symptoms and cognitive decline. These characteristics often result in loss of expressive and communicative skills, especially in the advanced stage of the disease, frequently giving rise to behavioral problems such as anxiety, irritability and apathy. Music therapy is potentially a good non-p…
Music therapy in Huntington’s disease
Netherlands Trial Register: NTR4904 , registration date Nov. 15, 2014
Changes in geriatric rehabilitation
This national programme resulted in small improvements in team cooperation as reported by the professionals. No effects were found on patients' and informal caregivers' perceptions of health service delivery
Psychometric properties of instruments to measure the quality of end-of-life care and dying for long-term care residents with dementia
Our comparative study of psychometric properties of instruments allows for informed selection of QOC and QOD measures for LTC residents with dementia
Expressions of self-ageism in four European countries
Self-ageism has a significant negative impact on older people's ageing experiences and health outcomes. Despite ample evidence on cross-cultural ageism, studies have rarely looked into the way cultural contexts affect self-ageism. In this article, we compare expressions of self-ageism and its possible predictors across four European countries based on two questionnaires in a study sample of 2,494 individuals aged 55 and older. We explore how pred…
Improving quality of life in patients with Huntington’s disease through music therapy
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative, autosomal dominant disease, characterized by motor disturbances, behavioral and psychological symptoms and cognitive decline. These characteristics often result in loss of expressive and communicative skills, especially in the advanced stage of the disease, frequently giving rise to behavioral problems such as anxiety, irritability and apathy. Music therapy is potentially a good non-p…
Psychometric properties of instruments to measure the quality of end-of-life care and dying for long-term care residents with dementia
Our comparative study of psychometric properties of instruments allows for informed selection of QOC and QOD measures for LTC residents with dementia
Changes in geriatric rehabilitation
This national programme resulted in small improvements in team cooperation as reported by the professionals. No effects were found on patients' and informal caregivers' perceptions of health service delivery
Music therapy in Huntington’s disease
Netherlands Trial Register: NTR4904 , registration date Nov. 15, 2014
Improving quality of life in patients with Huntington’s disease through music therapy
Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative, autosomal dominant disease, characterized by motor disturbances, behavioral and psychological symptoms and cognitive decline. These characteristics often result in loss of expressive and communicative skills, especially in the advanced stage of the disease, frequently giving rise to behavioral problems such as anxiety, irritability and apathy. Music therapy is potentially a good non-p…
Implementation of a Stepwise, Multidisciplinary Intervention for Pain and Challenging Behaviour in Dementia (STA OP!)
Although the intervention was not implemented as planned, the intervention empowered healthcare professionals and increased their awareness of the signals of pain and challenging behaviour. Future implementation of the intervention should start on units with a motivational leader, and specific features of the organisation and the team should be considered to facilitate implementation, e.g. stability, support, and shared focus to change
Geriatric Rehabilitation Network – Patient in the Lead
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Occurrence and Timing of Advance Care Planning in Persons With Dementia in General Practice
Background: Advance care planning (ACP) is a process of communication in which patients and family caregivers discuss preferences for future care with the healthcare team. For persons with dementia, it is crucial to timely engage in ACP. Therefore, we study ACP in dementia using electronic health record data. This study aims to determine how often ACP conversations are recorded, analyze time from dementia diagnosis until the first recorded conver…
Distancing Measures and Challenges Discussed by Covid-19 Outbreak Teams of Dutch Nursing Homes
The most severe COVID-19 infections and highest mortality rates are seen among long-term care residents. To reduce the risk of infection, physical distancing is important. This study investigates what physical distancing measures were discussed by COVID-19 outbreak teams of Dutch long-term care organizations and what challenges they encountered. The COVID-19 MINUTES study is a qualitative multi-center study ( n = 41) that collected minutes of COV…
Job Demands, Work Functioning and Mental Health in Dutch Nursing Home Staff during the Covid-19 Outbreak
COVID-19 posed enormous challenges for nursing home staff, which may have caused stress and mental health problems. This study aimed to measure the prevalence of mental health problems among nursing home staff and investigate the differences in job demands, work functioning and mental health between staff with and without COVID contact or COVID infection and across different levels of COVID worries. In this cross-sectional study, 1669 employees f…
The Impact of Social Distancing Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic on People with Dementia, Family Carers and Healthcare Professionals
Social distancing measures imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges to the health and wellbeing of people with dementia, family carers, and healthcare professionals. This study investigated the impact of these measures on all involved in the care for people with dementia. For this qualitative study, 20 family carers and 20 healthcare professionals from home care and long-term care (LTC) participated in a semi-structured inter…
Activities for Residents of Dutch Nursing Homes during the Covid-19 Pandemic
To protect nursing home residents from getting infected with COVID-19, several measures have been imposed. The aim of this study was to describe the impact of these measures on activities for Dutch nursing home residents, the conditions under which the activities could take place, and the considerations when making decisions about the (dis)continuation of activities. The study consisted of the data of the qualitative MINUTES-study. Textual units …
Expressions of self-ageism in four European countries
Self-ageism has a significant negative impact on older people's ageing experiences and health outcomes. Despite ample evidence on cross-cultural ageism, studies have rarely looked into the way cultural contexts affect self-ageism. In this article, we compare expressions of self-ageism and its possible predictors across four European countries based on two questionnaires in a study sample of 2,494 individuals aged 55 and older. We explore how pred…
On the limits of communication
Our qualitative study, consisting of in-depth semi-structured interviews with recent retirees in the Dutch city of Leiden, set out to investigate how communication, through processes of self-identification and the negotiation of social identities, relates to (self-)ageism. A letter from the city administration was used to make age identification salient in our research and prompted stories of various liminal spaces and phases that our participant…
Reducing Barriers for Best Practice in People Living with Dementia
The Brazilian Portuguese PAIC-15 is now available, showing acceptable content validity. Linguistic challenges highlight the need for training and further validation in larger samples
Identifying Stakeholder Values for an eHealth Intervention to Facilitate Home-Based Geriatric Rehabilitation
Despite the existing need for an integrated eHealth intervention for home-based geriatric rehabilitation, it has never, to our knowledge, been developed through co-creation with the stakeholders. This study aims to identify values (based on stakeholders' needs and preferences) regarding an eHealth intervention that fits the context of home-based geriatric rehabilitation. The multi-method qualitative design of this study comprised multiple qualita…
Advance care planning with people living with dementia
Objectives Advance care planning (ACP) is important but complex with people living with dementia. This study aims to explore ethical considerations of physicians around ACP for dementia in two high-income countries (United States and the Netherlands). Methods In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with Dutch and American physicians from specialties that provide end-of-life care for people with living dementia. Their …
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Nursing (10 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Qualitative research (6 works) · Dementia (5 works) · Health care (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)