recruitments of patients

Question 1

What are the different characteristics in different settings?

Answer 1

general population: relatively healthy, not seeking help
inpatient mental health service: severely ill
nursing home: older patients, somatic diseases or dementia

• -> affects generalizability of your results
• -> results apply to the specific population

Question 2

IMPORTANT

Answer 2

your results don’t have to be generalized to the whole (Dutch) population but to the population you want to offer the intervention in the future