Ruth Piers

Affiliations

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.

Publications (32)

Cancer patients' experiences of communicating and dealing with their older parents: A qualitative study.

European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society

Avec: Liesbeth Van Humbeeck , Let Dillen , Ruth Piers , Mieke Grypdonck , Sofie Verhaeghe , Nele Van Den Noortgate

Perceptions of Ethical Decision-Making Climate Among Clinicians Working in European and U.S. ICUs: Differences Between Nurses and Physicians.

Critical care medicine

Avec: Hanne Irene Jensen , Stine Hebsgaard , Tina Charlotte Bitsch Hansen , Rikke Frank Aagaard Johnsen , Christiane S Hartog , Ioanna Soultati , Orsolya Szucs , Michael E Wilson , Bo van den Bulcke , Dominique D Benoit , Ruth Piers

Relatives' Experiences of Being Involved in Assisted Dying: A Qualitative Study.

Qualitative health research

Avec: Charlotte Boven , Let Dillen , Sigrid Dierickx , Lieve Van den Block , Ruth Piers , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Liesbeth Van Humbeeck

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Adults Over 80: Outcome and the Perception of Appropriateness by Clinicians.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Avec: Patrick Druwé , Dominique D Benoit , Koenraad G Monsieurs , James Gagg , Shinji Nakahara , Evan Avraham Alpert , Hans van Schuppen , Gábor Élő , Sofie A Huybrechts , Nicolas Mpotos , Luc-Marie Joly , Theodoros Xanthos , Markus Roessler , Peter Paal , Michael N Cocchi , Conrad Bjørshol , Jouni Nurmi , Pascual Piñera Salmeron , Radoslaw Owczuk , Hildigunnur Svavarsdóttir , Diana Cimpoesu , Violetta Raffay , Gal Pachys , Peter De Paepe , Ruth Piers , Auteur inconnu

Prognostic value of the Surprise Question for one-year mortality in older patients: a prospective multicenter study in acute geriatric and cardiology units.

Acta clinica Belgica

Avec: Hanne Maes , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Isabelle De Brauwer , Anja Velghe , Marianne Desmedt , Marie De Saint-Hubert , Ruth Piers

The outcome of in- and out-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest in the older population: a scoping review.

European geriatric medicine

Avec: Rina Zanders , Patrick Druwé , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Ruth Piers

Outcomes of ICU patients with and without perceptions of excessive care: a comparison between cancer and non-cancer patients.

Annals of intensive care

Avec: Dominique D Benoit , Esther N van der Zee , Michael Darmon , An K L Reyners , Victoria Metaxa , Djamel Mokart , Alexander Wilmer , Pieter Depuydt , Andreas Hvarfner , Katerina Rusinova , Jan G Zijlstra , François Vincent , Dimitrios Lathyris , Anne-Pascale Meert , Jacques Devriendt , Emma Uyttersprot , Erwin J O Kompanje , Ruth Piers , Elie Azoulay

Bereavement care and the interaction with relatives in the context of euthanasia: A qualitative study with healthcare providers.

International journal of nursing studies

Avec: Charlotte Boven , Liesbeth Van Humbeeck , Lieve Van den Block , Ruth Piers , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Let Dillen

Relatives' needs in terms of bereavement care throughout euthanasia processes: A qualitative study.

Journal of clinical nursing

Avec: Charlotte Boven , Let Dillen , Liesbeth Van Humbeeck , Lieve Van Den Block , Ruth Piers , Nele Van Den Noortgate

In-hospital end-of-life care in the old: a retrospective study of intensive care unit use and do-not-resuscitate forms in patients deceased in a Belgian university hospital.

Acta clinica Belgica

Avec: Felicia Bentin , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Ruth Piers

SPICT as a predictive tool for risk of 1-year health degradation and death in older patients admitted to the emergency department: a bicentric cohort study in Belgium.

BMC palliative care

Avec: Delphine Bourmorck , Marie de Saint-Hubert , Marianne Desmedt , Ruth Piers , Julien Flament , Isabelle De Brauwer

Opioid underuse in terminal care of long-term care facility residents with pain and/or dyspnoea: A cross-sectional PACE-survey in six European countries.

Palliative medicine

Avec: Marc Tanghe , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Luc Deliens , Tinne Smets , Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen , Katarzyna Szczerbińska , Harriet Finne-Soveri , Sheila Payne , Giovanni Gambassi , Lieve Van den Block , Ruth Piers

Lack of Effect of a Multicomponent Palliative Care Program for Nursing Home Residents on Hospital Use in the Last Month of Life and on Place of Death: A Secondary Analysis of a Multicountry Cluster Randomized Control Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Avec: Elisabeth Honinx , Tinne Smets , Ruth Piers , H Roeline W Pasman , Sheila A Payne , Katarzyna Szczerbińska , Giovanni Gambassi , Marika Kylänen , Sophie Pautex , Luc Deliens , Lieve Van den Block

Comparing Symptom Ratings by Staff and Family Carers in Residents Dying in Long-Term Care Facilities in Three European Countries, Results From a PACE Survey.

Journal of pain and symptom management

Avec: Marc Tanghe , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Luc Deliens , Tinne Smets , Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen , Harriet Finne-Soveri , Lieve Van den Block , Ruth Piers , Auteur inconnu

Agreement of Nursing Home Staff With Palliative Care Principles: A PACE Cross-sectional Study Among Nurses and Care Assistants in Five European Countries.

Journal of pain and symptom management

Avec: Elisabeth Honinx , Tinne Smets , Ruth Piers , Luc Deliens , Sheila Payne , Marika Kylänen , Ilona Barańska , H Roeline W Pasman , Giovanni Gambassi , Lieve Van den Block , Auteur inconnu , Auteur inconnu , Auteur inconnu , Auteur inconnu

Opioid, antipsychotic and hypnotic use in end of life in long-term care facilities in six European countries: results of PACE.

European journal of public health

Avec: Marc Tanghe , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Lara Pivodic , Luc Deliens , Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen , Katarzyna Szczerbinska , Harriet Finne-Soveri , Danni Collingridge-Moore , Giovanni Gambassi , Lieve Van den Block , Ruth Piers , Auteur inconnu

Tiredness of Life in Older persons: A Qualitative Study on Nurses' Experiences of Being Confronted With This Growing Phenomenon.

The Gerontologist

Avec: Liesbeth Van Humbeeck , Let Dillen , Ruth Piers , Nele Van Den Noortgate

Impact of perceived inappropiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation on emergency clinicians' intention to leave the job: Results from a cross-sectional survey in 288 centres across 24 countries.

Resuscitation

Avec: Patrick Druwé , Koenraad G Monsieurs , James Gagg , Shinji Nakahara , Michael N Cocchi , Gábor Élő , Hans van Schuppen , Evan Avraham Alpert , Anatolij Truhlář , Sofie A Huybrechts , Nicolas Mpotos , Peter Paal , Conrad BjØrshol , Theodoros Xanthos , Luc-Marie Joly , Markus Roessler , Conor Deasy , Hildigunnur Svavarsdóttir , Jouni Nurmi , Radoslaw Owczuk , Pascual Piñera Salmeron , Diana Cimpoesu , Pablo Aguilera Fuenzalida , Violetta Raffay , Johan Steen , Johan Decruyenaere , Peter De Paepe , Ruth Piers , Dominique D Benoit , Auteur inconnu

Prognostic value of geriatric and cardiac parameters for one-year mortality in older heart failure patients. A multicentre, observational, prospective study.

Acta clinica Belgica

Avec: L Kestens , S Billet , L Hens , A Velghe , R Piers

Flemish healthcare providers' attitude towards tiredness of life and euthanasia: a survey study.

Aging & mental health

Avec: Liesbeth Van Humbeeck , Ruth Piers , Reine De Bock , Nele Van Den Noortgate

Potentially Inappropriate Treatments at the End of Life in Nursing Home Residents: Findings From the PACE Cross-Sectional Study in Six European Countries.

Journal of pain and symptom management

Avec: Elisabeth Honinx , Lieve Van den Block , Ruth Piers , Sander M J Van Kuijk , Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen , Sheila A Payne , Katarzyna Szczerbińska , Giovanni G Gambassi , Harriet Finne-Soveri , Luc Deliens , Tinne Smets , Auteur inconnu

Early resuscitation orders in hospitalized oldest-old with COVID-19: A multicenter cohort study.

Palliative medicine

Avec: Ruth Piers , Eva Van Braeckel , Dominique Benoit , Nele Van Den Noortgate

Methicillin-resistant

Acta clinica Belgica

Avec: M Kiselinova , A Velghe , R Piers , B Verhasselt , N Van Den Noortgate

Evaluation of a Palliative Care Program for Nursing Homes in 7 Countries: The PACE Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA internal medicine

Avec: Lieve Van den Block , Elisabeth Honinx , Lara Pivodic , Rose Miranda , Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen , Hein van Hout , H Roeline W Pasman , Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug , Maud Ten Koppel , Ruth Piers , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Yvonne Engels , Myrra Vernooij-Dassen , Jo Hockley , Katherine Froggatt , Sheila Payne , Katarzyna Szczerbinska , Marika Kylänen , Giovanni Gambassi , Sophie Pautex , Catherine Bassal , Stefanie De Buysser , Luc Deliens , Tinne Smets , Auteur inconnu

Palliative profile, one-year mortality and quality of life in older inpatients according to Be-PICT: a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Acta clinica Belgica

Avec: Isabelle De Brauwer , Séverine Henrard , Hilde Baeyens , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Marie De Saint-Hubert , Ruth Piers

Agreement and predictive value of the clinical frailty scale in hospitalized older patients.

European geriatric medicine

Avec: Liese Lanckmans , Olga Theou , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Ruth Piers

Coaching doctors to improve ethical decision-making in adult hospitalized patients potentially receiving excessive treatment. The CODE stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial.

Intensive care medicine

Avec: Dominique D Benoit , Aglaja De Pauw , Celine Jacobs , Ine Moors , Fritz Offner , Anja Velghe , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Pieter Depuydt , Patrick Druwé , Dimitri Hemelsoet , Alfred Meurs , Jiska Malotaux , Wim Van Biesen , Francis Verbeke , Eric Derom , Dieter Stevens , Michel De Pauw , Fiona Tromp , Hans Van Vlierberghe , Eduard Callebout , Katrijn Goethals , An Lievrouw , Limin Liu , Frank Manesse , Stijn Vanheule , Ruth Piers

Scope of treatment and clinical-decision making in the older patient with COVID-19 infection, a European perspective.

European geriatric medicine

Avec: Rozemarijn Lidewij van Bruchem-Visser , Hana Vankova , Lourdes Rexach , Marc Vali Ahmed , Eileen Burns , Sophie Pautex , Ruth Piers

Ethical climate and intention to leave among critical care clinicians: an observational study in 68 intensive care units across Europe and the United States.

Intensive care medicine

Avec: Bo Van den Bulcke , Victoria Metaxa , Anna K Reyners , Katerina Rusinova , Hanne I Jensen , J Malmgren , Michael Darmon , Daniel Talmor , Anne-Pascale Meert , Laura Cancelliere , László Zubek , Paulo Maia , Andrej Michalsen , Erwin J O Kompanje , Peter Vlerick , Jolien Roels , Stijn Vansteelandt , Johan Decruyenaere , Elie Azoulay , Stijn Vanheule , Ruth Piers , Dominique Benoit , Auteur inconnu

Can usual gait speed be used as a prognostic factor for early palliative care identification in hospitalized older patients? A prospective study on two different wards.

BMC geriatrics

Avec: Celine Van de Vyver , Anja Velghe , Hilde Baeyens , Jean-Pierre Baeyens , Julien Dekoninck , Nele Van Den Noortgate , Ruth Piers

Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Cognitive Impairment and Institutional Care.

Journal of palliative medicine

Avec: Mathias Schlögl , Florian Riese , Milta O Little , David Blum , Ralf J Jox , Lynn O'Neill , Sophie Pautex , Ruth Piers , Deborah Way , Christopher A Jones

Diagnosing COVID-19; towards a feasible COVID-19 rule-out protocol.

Acta clinica Belgica

Avec: J De Clercq , T Malfait , S Malfait , J Boelens , L Coorevits , E Padalko , S Vandendriessche , B Verhasselt , L Morbée , F Bauters , K Hertegonne , D Stevens , Y Vande Weygaerde , K Vermaelen , W Van Biesen , F Vanommeslaeghe , F Verbeke , R Piers , N Van Den Noortgate , T Desmet , F Vermassen , L Vandekerckhove , E Van Braeckel

Réseau de co-auteurs

Nele Van Den Noortgate 18 collaborations

None None 11 collaborations

Lieve Van den Block 9 collaborations

Luc Deliens 7 collaborations

Liesbeth Van Humbeeck 6 collaborations

Tinne Smets 6 collaborations

Let Dillen 5 collaborations

Dominique D Benoit 5 collaborations

Giovanni Gambassi 5 collaborations

Patrick Druwé 4 collaborations

Harriet Finne-Soveri 4 collaborations

Elisabeth Honinx 4 collaborations

Sophie Pautex 4 collaborations

Charlotte Boven 3 collaborations

Isabelle De Brauwer 3 collaborations

Anja Velghe 3 collaborations

Marc Tanghe 3 collaborations

Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen 3 collaborations

Katarzyna Szczerbińska 3 collaborations

Sheila Payne 3 collaborations

H Roeline W Pasman 3 collaborations

Marika Kylänen 3 collaborations

R Piers 3 collaborations

Koenraad G Monsieurs 2 collaborations

James Gagg 2 collaborations

Shinji Nakahara 2 collaborations

Evan Avraham Alpert 2 collaborations

Hans van Schuppen 2 collaborations

Gábor Élő 2 collaborations

Sofie A Huybrechts 2 collaborations

Nicolas Mpotos 2 collaborations

Luc-Marie Joly 2 collaborations

Theodoros Xanthos 2 collaborations

Markus Roessler 2 collaborations

Peter Paal 2 collaborations

Michael N Cocchi 2 collaborations

Jouni Nurmi 2 collaborations

Pascual Piñera Salmeron 2 collaborations

Radoslaw Owczuk 2 collaborations

Hildigunnur Svavarsdóttir 2 collaborations

Diana Cimpoesu 2 collaborations

Violetta Raffay 2 collaborations

Peter De Paepe 2 collaborations

Marianne Desmedt 2 collaborations

Marie De Saint-Hubert 2 collaborations

Michael Darmon 2 collaborations

Victoria Metaxa 2 collaborations

Pieter Depuydt 2 collaborations

Katerina Rusinova 2 collaborations

Anne-Pascale Meert 2 collaborations

Erwin J O Kompanje 2 collaborations

Elie Azoulay 2 collaborations

Sheila A Payne 2 collaborations

Lara Pivodic 2 collaborations

Katarzyna Szczerbinska 2 collaborations

Johan Decruyenaere 2 collaborations

A Velghe 2 collaborations

Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen 2 collaborations

Dominique Benoit 2 collaborations

B Verhasselt 2 collaborations

N Van Den Noortgate 2 collaborations

Hilde Baeyens 2 collaborations

Stijn Vanheule 2 collaborations

Mieke Grypdonck 1 collaboration

Sofie Verhaeghe 1 collaboration

Hanne Irene Jensen 1 collaboration

Stine Hebsgaard 1 collaboration

Tina Charlotte Bitsch Hansen 1 collaboration

Rikke Frank Aagaard Johnsen 1 collaboration

Christiane S Hartog 1 collaboration

Ioanna Soultati 1 collaboration

Orsolya Szucs 1 collaboration

Michael E Wilson 1 collaboration

Bo van den Bulcke 1 collaboration

Sigrid Dierickx 1 collaboration

Conrad Bjørshol 1 collaboration

Gal Pachys 1 collaboration

Hanne Maes 1 collaboration

Rina Zanders 1 collaboration

Esther N van der Zee 1 collaboration

An K L Reyners 1 collaboration

Djamel Mokart 1 collaboration

Alexander Wilmer 1 collaboration

Andreas Hvarfner 1 collaboration

Jan G Zijlstra 1 collaboration

François Vincent 1 collaboration

Dimitrios Lathyris 1 collaboration

Jacques Devriendt 1 collaboration

Emma Uyttersprot 1 collaboration

Lieve Van Den Block 1 collaboration

Felicia Bentin 1 collaboration

Delphine Bourmorck 1 collaboration

Marie de Saint-Hubert 1 collaboration

Julien Flament 1 collaboration

Ilona Barańska 1 collaboration

Danni Collingridge-Moore 1 collaboration

Anatolij Truhlář 1 collaboration

Conrad BjØrshol 1 collaboration

Conor Deasy 1 collaboration

Pablo Aguilera Fuenzalida 1 collaboration

Johan Steen 1 collaboration

L Kestens 1 collaboration

S Billet 1 collaboration

L Hens 1 collaboration

Reine De Bock 1 collaboration

Sander M J Van Kuijk 1 collaboration

Giovanni G Gambassi 1 collaboration

Eva Van Braeckel 1 collaboration

M Kiselinova 1 collaboration

Rose Miranda 1 collaboration

Hein van Hout 1 collaboration

Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug 1 collaboration

Maud Ten Koppel 1 collaboration

Yvonne Engels 1 collaboration

Myrra Vernooij-Dassen 1 collaboration

Jo Hockley 1 collaboration

Katherine Froggatt 1 collaboration

Catherine Bassal 1 collaboration

Stefanie De Buysser 1 collaboration

Séverine Henrard 1 collaboration

Liese Lanckmans 1 collaboration

Olga Theou 1 collaboration

Aglaja De Pauw 1 collaboration

Celine Jacobs 1 collaboration

Ine Moors 1 collaboration

Fritz Offner 1 collaboration

Dimitri Hemelsoet 1 collaboration

Alfred Meurs 1 collaboration

Jiska Malotaux 1 collaboration

Wim Van Biesen 1 collaboration

Francis Verbeke 1 collaboration

Eric Derom 1 collaboration

Dieter Stevens 1 collaboration

Michel De Pauw 1 collaboration

Fiona Tromp 1 collaboration

Hans Van Vlierberghe 1 collaboration

Eduard Callebout 1 collaboration

Katrijn Goethals 1 collaboration

An Lievrouw 1 collaboration

Limin Liu 1 collaboration

Frank Manesse 1 collaboration

Rozemarijn Lidewij van Bruchem-Visser 1 collaboration

Hana Vankova 1 collaboration

Lourdes Rexach 1 collaboration

Marc Vali Ahmed 1 collaboration

Eileen Burns 1 collaboration

Bo Van den Bulcke 1 collaboration

Anna K Reyners 1 collaboration

Hanne I Jensen 1 collaboration

J Malmgren 1 collaboration

Daniel Talmor 1 collaboration

Laura Cancelliere 1 collaboration

László Zubek 1 collaboration

Paulo Maia 1 collaboration

Andrej Michalsen 1 collaboration

Peter Vlerick 1 collaboration

Jolien Roels 1 collaboration

Stijn Vansteelandt 1 collaboration

Celine Van de Vyver 1 collaboration

Jean-Pierre Baeyens 1 collaboration

Julien Dekoninck 1 collaboration

Mathias Schlögl 1 collaboration

Florian Riese 1 collaboration

Milta O Little 1 collaboration

David Blum 1 collaboration

Ralf J Jox 1 collaboration

Lynn O'Neill 1 collaboration

Deborah Way 1 collaboration

Christopher A Jones 1 collaboration

J De Clercq 1 collaboration

T Malfait 1 collaboration

S Malfait 1 collaboration

J Boelens 1 collaboration

L Coorevits 1 collaboration

E Padalko 1 collaboration

S Vandendriessche 1 collaboration

L Morbée 1 collaboration

F Bauters 1 collaboration

K Hertegonne 1 collaboration

D Stevens 1 collaboration

Y Vande Weygaerde 1 collaboration

K Vermaelen 1 collaboration

W Van Biesen 1 collaboration

F Vanommeslaeghe 1 collaboration

F Verbeke 1 collaboration

T Desmet 1 collaboration

F Vermassen 1 collaboration

L Vandekerckhove 1 collaboration

E Van Braeckel 1 collaboration