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Nurses and allied professionals’ engagement in clinical research-in-practice: a...
Fredericks, Suzanne; Sanders, Julie; Back, Maria; Desteghe, Lien; Gomes, Ana; Marques-Sule, Elena; Simpson, Maggie; Hendriks, Jeroen M.Many nurses and allied professionals (NAPs) lack the skills, knowledge and confidence to engage in conducting and implementing research. This statement describes the importance of NAPs' involvement in clinical research within the context of cardiovascular care. The existing gaps, barriers and enablers to NAPs involvement in research as a potential response to workforce issues in these professions as well as to ...
How to optimize the adherence to a guideline-directed medical therapy in the se...
Pedretti, Roberto F. E.; Hansen, Dominique; Ambrosetti, Marco; Back, Maria; Berger, Thomas; Ferreira, Mariana Cordeiro; Cornelissen, VéroniqueA key factor to successful secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is optimal patient adherence to treatment. However, unsatisfactory rates of adherence to treatment for CVD risk factors and CVD have been observed consistently over the last few decades. Hence, achieving optimal adherence to lifestyle measures and guideline-directed medical therapy in secondary prevention and rehabilitation is a gre...