Cervical dystonia (CD) is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions causing abnormal postures and/or twisting movements of the head and neck. Patients may also experience non-motor symptoms including pain, anxiety and depression. The main treatment option is botulinum …

Background and aim – Patients undergo one or more medical interventions in a hospital. In the hospital, patients are surrounded by spaces and services. The output in a hospital is the patients’ outcome. To gain understanding about a holistic experience of patients, we assessed the experience and well-being …

Background & aims: Malnutrition, frailty, physical frailty, and disability are common conditions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Insight in the coexistence and relations between these conditions may provide information on the nature of the relationship between malnutrition …

Onderzoek naar de mogelijkheid voor het houden van waterbuffels voor hun melkproductie in Nederland. Aan de hand van vooraf samengestelde vragen moet hier in dit onderzoek antwoord op komen. De vragen luiden als volgt: Hoe kan ik vanuit een waterbuffelmelkerij een bedrijfsresultaat van €50.000, - genereren? …

AIM: Little is known about predictive validity of and professionals' adherence to language screening protocols. This study assessed the concurrent and predictive validity of the Dutch well child language screening protocol for two-year-old children and the effects of protocol deviations by professionals. …

Family caregivers of an older person who was recently hospitalized often feel unprepared for their new or expanded tasks. Quality and continuity of care for older people is expected to improve when nurses collaborate with family caregivers as partners in care. The aim of this study was to explore the …

PURPOSE: The current article provides a description of the construction process of a short questionnaire that measures patients' experiences with a motivational interviewing consultation by a (sports) counselor in rehabilitation. Subsequently, results from confirmatory factor analyses are presented to …

Frailty is the most common manifestation of serious health issues in the world, and it is becoming more prevalent worldwide as the aging population grows. Changes that occur in an individual during the aging process have physical, psychological, social, and environmental aspects that make an individual …

OBJECTIVE: Language development is important for children's success in life. Therefore, language is monitored by child health care professionals and parents, but a uniform set of milestones in language development is lacking. Our aim was to identify a set of clear and distinctive milestones that empirically …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: We studied whether low pre-treatment muscle mass, measured with CT at thoracic (T4) or lumbar level (L3) associates with early termination of chemotherapy related to toxicity in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective chart and image review. Adult HNC …