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Becoming a "second victim" in health care: Pathway of recovery after adverse event KU Leuven
The healthcare worker involved in an unanticipated adverse patient event can become second victim. These workers suffer physically and psycho-socially and try to overcome the post-event emotional stress by obtaining emotional support in a variety of ways. The goal of this research was to study second victims among health care providers in Italy.
Current care for victims of sexual violence and future sexual assault care centres in Belgium : the perspective of victims Universiteit Gent
BackgroundSexual violence is a global health problem. After ratifying the Convention of Istanbul in 2016, this Belgian study was set up to map the perspective of victims of rape on the current sexual violence care provision in Belgium and to inquire on their need for more specialised and holistic care in future Sexual Assault Care Centres.MethodsSixteen rape victims participated in this sub-study. A mixed-method design (questionnaire, in-depth ...
Care for victims of sexual violence : evaluation of setting up sexual assault care centers in Belgium Universiteit Gent
Introduction: Research of 2021 demonstrated that 42% of women and 19% of men already experienced hands-on sexual victimization in Belgium. Only 7% of the victims sought formal help and 4% reported to the police. For decades, victims had to report to the police prior to getting a forensic examination within 72 hours upon their victimization and no guarantee for subsequent care. However since 2017, Belgium has been moving from a ...
Establishing sexual assault care centres in Belgium : health professionals' role in the patient-centred care for victims of sexual violence Universiteit Gent
Mental health of sexual assault victims and predictors of their use of support from in-house psychologists at Belgian sexual assault care centres Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Universiteit Gent
Background: Sexual assault (SA) can induce a negative impact on victims' mental health. Specialised SA services generally offer medical care and a forensic examination to SA victims. However, there is a large variation in how these services provide mental health support.
Objective: This study aims to assess mental health problems of SA victims attending the Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres (SACCs) and identify predictors for ...
Objective: This study aims to assess mental health problems of SA victims attending the Belgian Sexual Assault Care Centres (SACCs) and identify predictors for ...
Health care professionals as second victims after adverse events: a systematic review KU Leuven
Adverse events within health care settings can lead to two victims. The first victim is the patient and family and the second victim is the involved health care professional. The latter is the focus of this review. The objectives are to determine definitions of this concept, research the prevalence and the impact of the adverse event on the second victim, and the used coping strategies. Therefore a literature research was performed by using a ...
Attributable health care costs of traffic victims until 1 year after hospitalisation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
We investigated the attributable health care costs of patients who were hospitalised after a traffic injury in Belgium between 2009 and 2011. Clinical and demographic information from a national hospital dataset and health care costs from sickness funds were linked at the individual level. A total of 61,232 traffic victims were identified in the hospital dataset and included in the study. Weekly average health care costs, as well as average ...