Ergotherapie Nederland is de beroepsvereniging voor ergotherapeuten in Nederland. 5,58% van de ergotherapie studenten is lid. Naar aanleiding van dit percentage wilde Ergotherapie Nederland weten hoe zij meer studenten kan werven en dit leidde tot de volgende hoofdvraag: 'In hoeverre kan communicatie …

Objectives: Although deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) are able to develop good language skills, the large variability in outcomes remains a significant concern. The first aim of this study was to evaluate language skills in children with CIs to establish benchmarks. The second aim was to make …

In: van Hoof, J., Wouters, E.J.M. (eds.) Zorgdomotica. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, Houten, The Netherlands, ISBN 978 90 313 9232 2 pp. 184-186

In: van Hoof, J., Wouters, E.J.M. (eds.) Zorgdomotica. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, Houten, The Netherlands, ISBN 978 90 313 9232 2 pp. 262-267

In: van Hoof, J., Wouters, E.J.M. (eds.) Zorgdomotica. Bohn Stafleu van Loghum, Houten, The Netherlands, ISBN 978 90 313 9232 2 pp. 99-104

De rol van technologie in de langdurige zorg neemt toe. Naast conventionele hulpmiddelen als hooglaagbedden en rolstoelen, zijn er diverse relevante vernieuwingen binnen de robotica (zoals elektronische gezelschapsdieren) en op het vlak van bouwkundige installaties, die hun weg vinden richting de ouderenzorg …

De levensverwachting is de laatste anderhalve eeuw enorm toegenomen, en het einde van deze demografische trend is nog niet in zicht. In 2006 was 14 % van de bevolking 65 jaar of ouder, in 2014 zal dat al 25 % zijn. Met het ouder worden stijgt ook de kans op gezondheidsproblemen (Blokstra et al., 2007, …

Background Fatigue is a prevalent and debilitating problem in Sjögren's syndrome. It has been suggested that physical activity and cognitions about physical activity can influence fatigue. Objective The aim of this study was to examine fatigue and physical activity levels in patients with Sjögren's …

Light therapy is increasingly administered and studied as a non-pharmacologic treatment for a variety of health-related problems, including treatment of people with dementia. Light therapy comes in a variety of ways, ranging from being exposed to daylight, to being exposed to light emitted by light boxes …

The worldwide obesity epidemic is a major and complex problem, resulting from the interaction of individual metabolic, genetic, and psychological factors with meso- and macro environmental factors. Adolescents, with their rapid changes in body composition, together with their shift in orientation from …