Background: Peer review is at the heart of the scientific process. With the advent of digitisation, journals started to offer electronic articles or publishing online only. A new philosophy regarding the peer review process found its way into academia: the open peer review. Open peer review as practiced …

This open science checklist is for researchers, trainees and students to assist them in implementing open science in their research activities. The checklist is inspired by open science principles, the Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity, the REWARD movement and the replicability crisis. …

The World Health Organization (WHO) strives to assist and inspire cities to become more ‘age-friendly’ through the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. An age-friendly city offers a supportive environment that enables residents to grow older actively within their families, neighbourhoods and civil society, …

Background: The increasing numbers of surgeries involving high risk, multi-morbid patients, coupled with inconsistencies in the practice of perioperative surgical wound care, increases patients’ risk of surgical site infection and other wound complications. Objectives: To synthesise and evaluate the …

Achtergrond: In de zorg wordt klinimetrie gebruikt om de balans van CVA-patiënten in kaart te brengen en een inschatting te maken van het valrisico. Hiervoor wordt zowel gebruik gemaakt van de Berg Balance Scale als de Mini-BESTest. De CVA-zorgketen Groningen streeft ernaar om gelijke klinimetrie te …

BACKGROUND: Regular inspection of the oral cavity is required for prevention, early diagnosis and risk reduction of oral- and general health-related problems. Assessments to inspect the oral cavity have been designed for non-dental healthcare professionals, like nurses. The purpose of this systematic …

Aanleiding: Uit diverse studies blijkt dat volwassenen met een Autisme Spectrum Stoornis (ASS) vaker motorische beperkingen hebben dan volwassenen zonder ASS. Posturale controle en balans zijn belangrijke aspecten van motorische vaardigheden. Een verminderde posturale controle en balans kan een substantiële …

Background: Regular inspection of the oral cavity is required for prevention, early diagnosis and risk reduction of oral- and general health-related problems. Assessments to inspect the oral cavity have been designed for non-dental healthcare professionals, like nurses. The purpose of this systematic …

Objective: To determine the construct validity, criterion validity, and responsiveness of measurement instruments evaluating scapular function. Design: Systematic review of measurement properties. Literature Search: The MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, and SPORTDiscus databases were systematically searched …

This study explores variables that predict physical violence in 614 (forensic) psychiatric inpatients. All violent incidents that occurred in a Dutch forensic psychiatric hospital between 2014 and 2019 (N = 3,713) were coded with the Modified Overt Aggression Scale+ based on daily hospital reports and …