Background: Advanced statistical modeling techniques may help predict health outcomes. However, it is not the case that these modeling techniques always outperform traditional techniques such as regression techniques. In this study, external validation was carried out for five modeling strategies for …

As an active member of the Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities, The Hague has been monitoring the progress over the years. In 2022, a second cross-sectional survey based on the Age Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ) was conducted among 396 community-dwelling older …

Changes in health of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study

Purpose Pre-stroke frailty in older adults is associated with adverse outcomes after stroke in community-based and hospital based populations. The aim of our study was to investigate the prevalence of pre-stroke frailty among older stroke survivors receiving medical specialistic rehabilitation and its …

Background People with intellectual disabilities (ID) have a lower life expectancy than their peers without ID. A contributing factor to the lower life expectancy and early mortality could be sarcopenia: low muscle mass and low muscle function. In the general population, sarcopenia strongly predicts …

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a predictor of adverse outcomes in elderly patients. The Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is an often-used frailty assessment instrument. However, the CFS's reliability and validity in patients with burn injuries are unknown. This study aimed to assess …

Objectives In older adults, PTSD is associated with decreased verbal learning and executive dysfunction. Therefore, feasibility of EMDR-treatment to improve cognitive performance in older adults with PTSD was examined. Additionally, we investigated pre-treatment correlation with often co-occurring risk …

In maart 2022 startte het project City&Co: Older Adults Co-Creating a Sustainable Age-friendly City. Met een consortium wordt gewerkt aan een gedegen meetinstrument voor seniorvriendelijkheid – waarin we ouderen volop betrekken. Hiermee leggen we een basis waarop veel andere steden voort kunnen borduren. …

De nieuwe herindelingsgemeente Midden-Groningen wil leefbaarheids- en welzijnsproblemen binnen dorpen, buurten en wijken stevig aanpakken. Vergeleken met elders in Nederland heerst er onder de inwoners van de gemeente gemiddeld meer armoede en werkloosheid en is er sprake van een lagere levensverwachting …