This also explicitly looks at the wishes and expectations of the elderly hospital patient himself. It also identifies whether their experiences and trajectories after discharge from hospital match these expectations.
Men and women aged 70 and over.
Please visit the UMCG Research Data Catalogue for more detailed information on our data and samples.
Participants are interviewed about their health efficacy, health literacy, goals and expectations of hospitalization, and more patient-relevant outcomes, such as functional decline.
In addition to subjective, qualitative data, diagnostic and treatment procedures will be recorded as well. Short- and long-term outcomes of health and functional status will be collected at 3 and 12 months after hospitalization. Prognostic models will be made to predict the long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness of treatment.
We are continuously looking for motivated people to support the team. Students from either the Universities of (bio)medical sciences or the University of Applied Sciences are encouraged to contact us for (short) research projects. As a research intern, you will learn a lot about geriatric patients and how to conduct and organize scientific research. Besides, weekly research meetings and journal clubs will give you insights in other fields of geriatric medicine than your own research topic.
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Seniorlines
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The Netherlands
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University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Seniorlines
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9713 GZ Groningen
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