[HTML][HTML] Human resources for primary health care in sub-Saharan Africa: progress or stagnation?

ML Willcox, W Peersman, P Daou, C Diakité… - Human resources for …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization defines a “critical shortage” of health
workers as being fewer than 2.28 health workers per 1000 population and failing to attain …

Randomised controlled trial of nitrofurantoin versus placebo in the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infection in adult women.

…, M De Meyere, G Verschraegen, W Peersman… - British Journal of …, 2002 - bjgp.org
BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are very common and have been treated with
apparent success with antimicrobials for many years. However, there is a paucity of placebo …

Patient satisfaction with availability of general practice: an international comparison

…, P Vedsted, J Kersnik, W Peersman… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Objective. To identify associations between the characteristics of general practitioners and
practices, and patients' evaluations of the availability of general practice. Design. Written …

Are sore throat patients who hope for antibiotics actually asking for pain relief?

…, A De Sutter, M Deveugele, W Peersman… - The Annals of Family …, 2006 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Antibiotics are still overprescribed for self-limiting upper respiratory tract
infections such as acute sore throat, and physicians mention patient's desire for antibiotics …

[HTML][HTML] How competent are healthcare professionals in working according to a bio-psycho-social model in healthcare? The current status and validation of a scale

D Van de Velde, A Eijkelkamp, W Peersman… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Over the past decades, there has been a paradigm shift from a purely
biomedical towards a bio-psycho-social (BPS) conception of disability and illness, which has …

Autonomic symptom burden in the hypermobility type of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome: A comparative study with two other EDS types, fibromyalgia, and healthy controls

I De Wandele, P Calders, W Peersman… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim This study provides insight into the profile and importance of autonomic symptoms in the
hypermobility type (HT) of Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS). The impact of these symptoms is …

Construct validity of the assessment of balance in children who are developing typically and in children with hearing impairments

A De Kegel, I Dhooge, W Peersman, J Rijckaert… - Physical …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Children with hearing impairments have a higher risk for deficits in balance and
gross motor skills compared with children who are developing typically. As balance is a …

SOS: A screening instrument to identify children with handwriting impairments

…, T Hellinckx, W Peersman… - … therapy in pediatrics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Poor handwriting has been shown to be associated with developmental disorders such as
Developmental Coordination Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, autism, and …

Convergent validity between two motor tests: movement-ABC and PDMS-2

H Van Waelvelde, W Peersman… - Adapted Physical …, 2007 - journals.humankinetics.com
The aim of this study was to investigate the convergent validity of the Movement Assessment
Battery for Children (M-ABC) and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales–2 (PDMS-2) …

Security and skills: the two key issues in health worker migration

…, G Hayward, M Willcox, W Peersman… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Migration of health workers from Africa continues to undermine the universal
provision of quality health care. South Africa is an epicentre for migration–it exports more …