Birgitte Schoenmakers

Publicaties

• 2023
• Enhancing Alignment between Competencies and Clinical Workplace: Implementing Entrustable Professional Activities in the Flemish GP Training
• Characteristics of self-management support (SMS) interventions and their impact on Quality of Life (QoL) in adults with chronic diseases: An umbrella review of systematic reviews
• “Am I being observed?”: Medical students’ perceptions about remote proctoring
• Het SCAFFOLD ePortfolio: een inkijk in de resultaten van een multidisciplinair onderzoeksproject in Vlaanderen (2020-2023)
• "At the time I only wanted to relieve stress": Exploring motivation for behaviour change in long-term hypnotic users
• Blended care to discontinue benzodiazepine receptor agonists use in patients with chronic insomnia disorder: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care
• Fitness-for-purpose of the CanMEDS competencies for workplace-based assessment in General Practitioner’s Training: a Delphi study
• The feasibility of teleconsultations in unplanned primary care: an intervention study in Belgium, 2021
• The predictive value of weight evolution in screening for malnutrition in community-dwelling older persons (70+) in Antwerp
• Turning the tide on hypnotic use in primary care
• How do people living with chronic conditions and their informal caregivers experience primary care? A phenomenological-hermeneutical study
• Implementing Blended Care to Discontinue Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonist Use for Insomnia: Process Evaluation of a Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
• Toward a Flexible Use of Frailty Measurements in Older People
• 2022
• Co-design to increase implementation of insomnia guidelines in primary care
• Assessing competencies in the clinical workplace: Early lessons from an implementation attempt in the GP Training
• A Search for relevant Contextual Factors in Intervention Studies, a Stepwise Approach with Online Information
• Evolution of benzodiazepine receptor agonist prescriptions in general practice: A registry-based study
• Self-management support in primary care practice.
• Vormen de fysieke en psychosociale symptomen van long-Covid een syndroom? Een cross-sectioneel patiëntenonderzoek
• A search for relevant contextual factors in intervention studies: a stepwise approach with online information
• Self-management support: a complex clinician-patient interaction
• Implementing competency-based assessment in the workplace: where theory meets practice
• Self-management support in flemish primary care practice: the development of a preliminary conceptual model using a qualitative approach
• Both medical and context elements influence the decision making processes of pediatricians
• Both medical and context elements influence the decision-making processes of pediatricians
• Recommendations for Researchers on Synchronous, Online, Nominal Group Sessions in Times of COVID-19: Fishbone Analysis
• The impact of COVID-19 on the well-being, education and clinical practice of general practice trainees and trainers: a national cross-sectional study
• Goal-oriented care for patients with chronic conditions or multimorbidity in primary care: A scoping review and concept analysis
• Frailty in later life: Focus on assessment, life course and context
• The Impact of Dementia's Affiliate Stigma on the Mental Health of Relatives: A Cross Section Survey
• 2021
• Remote versus on-site proctored exam: comparing student results in a cross-sectional study
• Exploring Recent Adverse and Positive Life Events: A Qualitative Study Among Lonely Older Adults
• Efficiency, Usability, and Outcomes of Proctored Next-Level Exams for Proficiency Testing in Primary Care Education: Observational Study
• Supporting an informal care group - Social contacts and communication as important aspects in the psychosocial well-being of informal caregivers of older patients in Belgium
• Electrophysiological proxy of cognitive reserve index
• Evaluation of the Fibrosis-4 score for referral from primary care patients for NAFLD in Belgium
• The Relation between Age of Retirement and Frailty in Later Life? A Cross-Sectional Study in Flemish Older Adults
• Effect of exergaming on wellbeing of residents in a nursing home: a single blinded intervention study
• Towards a more effective strategy to detect community-dwelling frail older adults: validation of risk factors
• Factors Influencing Users’ Perceptions On Workplace-Based Formative Assessment: A Grounded Theory Study
• Co-location of out of hours primary care and emergency department in Belgium: patients’ and physicians’ view
• The implementation of the nationwide out-of-hours phone number 1733 in Belgium: analysis of efficiency and safety
• Developing and implementing self-management strategies in primary care based on realist evaluation.
• Postnatal depression: identification of risk factors in the short-stay maternity program in Belgium. A cross-sectional study.
• Barriers in screening for dementia in elderly migrants in primary care and the use of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale. A mixed cross-sectional and qualitative study
• 2020
• Impact of strategy use during N-Back training in older adults
• IMPROVING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF INFORMAL CAREGIVERS IN AN AGEING POPULATION.
• Proficiency testing for identifying underperforming students before postgraduate education: a longitudinal study
• Concordances and differences between a unidimensional and multidimensional assessment of frailty: A cross-sectional study
• The Management of Dementia by Flemish GPs: it Remains a Difficult Job
• Exploring Cognitive Frailty: Prevalence and Associations with Other Frailty Domains in Older People with Different Degrees of Cognitive Impairment
• Validation of replacement questions for slowness and weakness to assess the Fried Phenotype: a cross-sectional study
• Differential Impact of Cognitive Impairment in MCI Patients: A Case-Based Report
• 2019
• Caregiver burden: An increasing problem related to an aging cancer population
• Concordances and differences between a uni-dimensional and multidimensional assessment of frailty: a cross-sectional study
• Euthanasia in the case of dementia: a survey among Flemish GPs.
• Cognitive decline in normal aging and effects of N-Back training
• Interventions to prevent aggression against doctors: a systematic review
• Mental workload of young and older adults gauged with ERPs and spectral power during N-Back task performance
• Meanings of Care Convoys: The Structure, Function, and Adequacy of Care Networks Among Frail, Community-Dwelling Older Adults
• Exploring intergenerational differences in burnout and how they relate to work engagement, norms, and values: a mixed-methods study.
• Focusing on positive outcomes in frailty research: development of a short well-being instrument for older adults (SWIO)
• Critical reflections on the blind sides of frailty in later life
• P300, grey matter volume and individual characteristics correlates in healthy elderly
• A better understanding of the concept “a good death”: How do healthcare providers define a good death?
• Meaning in Life for Socially Frail Older Adults
• Relational aspects of mastery for frail, older adults: The role of informal caregivers in the care process
• You never walk alone: An exploratory study of the needs and burden of an informal care group
• Wat betekent een beslishulp over menopauze in de praktijk?
• Identifying brain changes related to cognitive aging using VBM and visual rating scales
• 2018
• Frailty differences in older adults' use of informal and formal care
• Prevalence and predictors of psychosocial problems in informal caregivers of older cancer survivors - A systematic review: Still major gaps in current research
• N-back training and transfer effects revealed by behavioral responses and EEG
• Interventions for frail community-dwelling older adults have no significant effect on adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Integrated assessment: workshop
• Randomized controlled trial to evaluate a prevention program for frail community-dwelling older adults: a D-SCOPE protocol
• Verbetert een beslishulp de preconceptiezorg? Bevraging van vrouwelijke patiënten en huisartsen
• Training and Transfer Effects Achieved with N-Back Task in Older Subjects Evidenced with EEG
• Advance directive: does the GP know and address what the patient wants? Advance directive in primary care
• Proficiency testing for admission to the postgraduate  family medicine education
• The psychosocial well-being of informal caregivers of older patients with cancer
• Aggression towards the GP: can we profile the GP–victim? A cross-section survey among GPs
• N-Back Training and Transfer Effects in Healthy Young and Older Subjects Gauged Using EEG: A Preliminary Study
• 'Why do RCT’s in the elderly not result in lower adverse outcomes?
• Transitions to Retirement and Frailty in Later Life: A cross-sectional study in Flemish Older Adults
• Detectie en preventie van kwetsbaarheid: Op zoek naar risicoprofielen voor fysieke, psychische, sociale en omgevingskwetsbaarheid
• Detecting frail, older adults and identifying their strengths: results of a mixed-methods study
• Exploring the Cost of ‘Ageing in Place’: Expenditures of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Belgium
• 2017
• Explaining discrepancies in self-reported quality of life in frail older people: a mixed-methods study.
• Identifying frailty risk profiles of home-dwelling older people: focus on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics
• Kan een app de therapietrouw bij ouderen verbeteren
• N-Back Training and Transfer Effects in Healthy Young Subjects Using EEG
• The Relation Between Age of Retirement and the Onset of Frailty in Belgian Older Adults
• The effect of Dr Google on doctor-patient encounters in primary care: a quantitative, observational, cross-sectional study.
• Which Contextual Factors Might Influence the Outcomes of a Preventive Home Visit in Older Adults?
• Dementie. Een zakboek voor de professionele zorgverstrekker
• 2016
• Wilsverklaringen in de praktijk: welke drempels ervaren huisartsen en burgers?
• Ziek op internet of ziek door internet: de effecten van Dr Google op het gezondheidsgedrag in Vlaanderen
• The association of coping style and perceived burden in caregivers of older patients with cancer
• The Relation Between Early Retirement and the Onset of Frailty in Belgian Older Adults
• Toren van Babel in de praktijk: omgaan met anderstalige patiënten en mulitcultiraliteit
• Video-training with peer feedback in real time consultation: acceptability and feasibility in a general practice setting
• What effects do interventions have on ‘frail’ older adults addressing the outcomes: mortality, hospitalization, costs and institutionalization?
• Continuing medical education for general practitioners: a practice format
• Have interventions effect on frail€™ community dwelling older adults
• Hoe handelt de Vlaamse huisarts bij dementie?
• Limitations in Activities of Daily Living in Community-Dwelling People Aged 75 and Over: A Systematic Literature Review of Risk and Protective Factors.
• 2015
• Voortgezet medisch onderwijs voor huisartsen: een programmaconcept
• Opstart en management van een huisartsenwachtpost
• Evaluatie van de nieuwe wachtpost oost-brabant
• D-SCOPE: detection, support and care for older people: prevention and empowerment
• Continuing medical education for general practitioners: A program
• 2014
• Omschakeling naar het forfaitaire betalingssysteem. Perceptie van de Vlaamse Huisarts
• The objective structured clinical examination revisited for postgraduate trainees in general practice
• Huisartsgeneeskunde, verleden en toekomst
• Praktijkmanagement voor de huisarts
• Praktijkorganisatie voor Dummies
• The Doctor’s New Clothes: Professional or Fashionable?
• De Vlaamse huisarts anno 2013: op kruissnelheid naar verandering
• Hoe een praktijkassistent aanwerven?
• 2013
• KU Leuven klimaatneutraal 2030
• Can we share multiple choice questions across borders?
• Using a ‘yellow card’ in the objective structured clinical exam: does it add to the identification of problem postgraduate trainees in general practice?
• Implementatie van de Preventiemodule in de praktijk
• Invoeren van preventie in de Huisartsenpraktijk
• Proactieve organisatie van de chronische zorg
• Implementatie van het zorgtraject
• Adequaat voorschrijven bij ouderen: een interventiestudie bij ouderen
• Appropriate prescribing for older people: a new tool for the general practitioner
• De weg naar het zorgtraject: implementatie van het zorgtraject chronische nierinsufficiëntie in de huisartsenpraktijk
• The In-House Psychologist: do we speak the same language?
• 2012
• Videoconsultaties: van VHS tot Videolab
• 2011
• De organisatie van de eerstelijnszorg in Denemarken
• The primary care physician and Alzheimer's disease: an international position paper (letter)
• Diagnosing dementia: no easy job
• Dementie: zakboekje voor de professionele zorgverstrekker
• 2010
• Factors determining the impact of care-giving on caregivers of elderly patients with dementia. A systematic literature review
• Supporting family carers of community-dwelling elder with cognitive decline: a randomized controlled trial
• Welke rol speelt de huisarts in het ondersteunen van mantelzorgers van patiënten met dementie? Een systematisch literatuuroverzicht
• Supporting the dementia family caregiver: the effect of home care intervention on general well-being
• 2009
• Supporting family caregivers of dementia patients: from idea to evidence
• Can pharmacological treatment of behavioural disturbances in elderly patients with dementia lower the burden of their family caregiver?
• The relation between care giving and the mental health of caregivers of demented relatives: A cross-sectional study
• The process of definitive institutionalization of community dwelling demented vs non demented elderly: data obtained from a network of sentinel general practitioners
• The positive impact of an intense follow-up of patients with Alzheimer's disease on the caregivers' burden: first results of a randomized study
• What is the role of the general practitioner towards the family caregiver of a community-dwelling demented relative?. A systematic literature review
• Tijdige diagnostiek van dementie in de huisartsenpraktijk
• 2008
• Support to dementia family caregivers: final report of the intervention trial
• Good Clinical Practice’ to a ‘Good Practice Clinic’: the Story of an Academic GP practice
• Caring at home for a person with dementia: what professionals should not forget
• 2006
• Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of the Cognitive Performance Scale (Minimum Data Set) and the Mini-Mental State Exam for the detection of cognitive impairment in nursing home residents
• [The practice guideline 'Diagnosis and pharmaceutical treatment of dementia']
• Support to dementia family caregivers: intermediate report of the intervention trial
• Zorg voor dementerenden in België: 100 vragen en antwoorden op basis van het Qualidem-onderzoek
• 2005
• Dementia caregivers perceive a significant degree of burden and depression
• De impact van dementie op mantelzorgers
• 2004
• The Qualidem project in Belgium. A two-center study on care needs and provision in dementia care: inclusion criteria and description of the population
• Is galantamine een waardevolle aanwinst voor de behandeling van dementie ? De patiënt temidden van de evidentie
• The burden of family care giving in dementia
• 2002
• High percentage of children with low antibody titers after immunization with MMr-vaccine in flanders, Belgium
• De zorg voor mantelzorgers van dementerende bejaarden. Wie is de mantelzorger ? Wat is zijn taak ?
• Mantelzorgers van dementerende bejaarden: impact op het algemeen welzijn van de mantelzorger
• De zorg voor mantelzorgers van dementerende bejaarden. Interventies en ondersteuning
• 2001
• Trends in de gezondheid van eerstejaarsstudenten van de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1991-1999