Despite decades of European financial stimulation for cross-border projects, the attention for cross-border cooperation (CBC) is still volatile. Depending on, among other things, political and economic tendencies, it is a hot item, or not. Irrespective of the trend, it is difficult to encourage citizens …

Purpose: The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA©) is a globally recognized and used nutritional screening, assessment, monitoring, and triaging tool. The aim of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the original English PG-SGA for the Japanese speaking populations …

BACKGROUND: The FI-35 is a valid multidimensional Chinese frailty assessment instrument. Like other scales, functional measures rely on the information the total score provides. Our research aimed to analyze the contribution of each item. METHODS: Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the sample …

Door de verregaande digitalisering van de samenleving maken digitale media en technologie steeds vaker deel uit van ons leven. Toch zijn er duidelijk verschillen waarneembaar in de digitale houding en mentaliteit van mensen. Deze bepalen – tenminste gedeeltelijk – ons digitale gedrag. Maar hoe verhoudt …

Background: The proportion of frail older adults is increasing and is expected to further increase in the coming years, both globally and in the Dutch population. This poses a great challenge to public health. To determine the prevalence of frailty in a population, a frailty index (FI) is recommended. …

Description: The Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPDS or NPAD) is a questionnaire aiming to quantify neck pain and disability.1 It is a patient-reported outcome measure for patients with any type of neck pain, of any duration, with or without injury.1,2 It consists of 20 items: three related to pain …

Frailty in older adults is an increasing burden for public health, both globally as well as in The Netherlands. To focus on frailty prevention from a public health perspective, a clear understanding of frailty prevalence is needed.

Iets doen voor het klimaat wordt vaak geassocieerd met ‘minder leuk’. Het ministerie van Economische Zaken en Klimaat schrapte kort voor de lancering van de klimaatcampagne ‘Iedereen doet wat’ minder vlees eten als een van de hoofdthema’s omdat maatschappelijke weerstand gevreesd werd.