The expressive vocabulary of children with Down Syndrome (DS) is generally measured with parental reports, such as the Communicative Development Inventory (CDI), given that standardized tests for assessing vocabulary levels may be too difficult for most young children with DS. The CDI provides important …

BACKGROUND: Many intensive care unit survivors (ICU) are confronted with undesirable and long-lasting impairments in physical, cognitive, and mental health, but not only patients are at risk of developing this post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Family members can experience symptoms of depression, …

Objective To (1) establish the association of the most common reported symptoms on disability; and (2) study the effectiveness of treatment on disability in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome–hypermobility type (EDS-HT)/hypermobility syndrome (HMS). Data Sources An electronic search (Medical Subject …

Het is op dit moment onduidelijk welke patiënten voordeel hebben bij intensieve stoppen-met-roken begeleiding na een ziekenhuisopname in verband met een acuut coronair syndroom. Het identificeren van patiëntenkenmerken van diegenen die waarschijnlijk succesvol zullen stoppen met roken, voorziet in bruikbare …

Enhancing communication performance skills may help children with Down Syndrome (DS) to expand their opportunities for participation in daily life. It is a clinical challenge for speech-language pathologists (SLP) to disentangle various mechanisms that contribute to the language and communication problems …

Achtergrond: PCOS komt wereldwijd bij ongeveer 15% van de vrouwen in de vruchtbare periode (18-45 jaar) voor. De symptomen geassocieerd met PCOS zoals overgewicht, acne, overbeharing en onvruchtbaarheid zijn een bron van psychologische morbiditeit. Er zijn aanwijzingen dat voeding een mogelijke rol speelt …

Patiënten met psychiatrische aandoeningen lopen een sterk verhoogde kans op het ontwikkelen van het metabool syndroom, onder andere vanwege een ongezonde leefstijl en bijwerkingen van psychofarmaca zoals antipsychotica. De belangrijkste behandeling van het metabool syndroom is leefstijlverandering. Systematische …

Patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) comprise of a heterogeneous population with substantial differences in admission diagnosis, length of stay and co-morbidity. Therefore, very often the prognosis for each patient differs. In the Netherlands, over 20% of the more than 80,000 patients treated …

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines stress the importance of smoking cessation and recommend intensive follow-up. To guide the development of such cessation support strategies, we analysed the characteristics that are associated with successful smoking cessation after an acute …

Objective. There are no Dutch language disease-specific questionnaires for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome available that could help Dutch physiotherapists to assess and monitor these symptoms and functional limitations. The aim of this study was to translate the original disease-specific …