Background Several conditions and diseases can result in speech problems that can have a negative impact on everyday functioning, referred to as communicative participation. Subjective problems with acquired speech problems are often assessed with the speech handicap index (SHI). To assess generic participation …

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Healthcare organizations collaborate, share knowledge, and need to be accountable to each other. Therefore, healthcare organizations manage a dynamic information system landscape. Enterprise Architecture (EA) is a management tool for aligning these landscapes to the primary information needs that healthcare …

The typical structure of the healthcare sector involves (specialist) intertwined practices co-occurring in formal or informal networks. These practices must answer to the concerns and needs of all related stakeholders. Multimorbidity and the need to share knowledge for scientific development are among …

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Lichamelijke zwakte is een belangrijk onderdeel van kwetsbaarheid en komt veel voor bij oudere volwassenen. Terwijl vrouwen een hogere prevalentie en een eerder begin van kwetsbaarheid kennen zijn sekseverschillen in de ontwikkeling van lichamelijke zwakte nauwelijks bestudeerd. Daarom hebben we in spieren …

Er komt steeds meer aandacht voor de stem van mensen die leven met dementie of met een milde cognitieve beperking (Het is namelijk onvoldoende bekend hoe het alledaags leven door hen zelf vanuit hun insiders perspectief daadwerkelijk ervaren wordt Het doel van dit onderzoek was om alledaagse ervaringen …

Increasing attention has been paid to the ‘voice’ of people living with mild cognitive impairment (or dementia, but there is a lack of clarity about how everyday life is perceived from this insiderinsider’s perspective. This study aimed to explore the everyday life experiences, challenges and facilitators …

The challenges facing primary education are significant: a growing teacher shortage, relatively high administrative burdens that contribute to work-related stress and an increasing diversity of children in the classroom. A promising new technology that can help teachers and children meet these challenges …

Academic design research often fails to contribute to design practice. This dissertation explores how design research collaborations can provide knowledge that design professionals will use in practice. The research shows that design professionals are not addressed as an important audience between the …