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Understanding behavioral mechanisms for physical activity in head and neck cancer patients: a qualitative study

Sealy, Martine (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Stuiver, M.M.; Midtgard, Julie; van der Schans, Cees; Roodenburg, Jan L N; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing)

Rationale: Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients often have adverse changes in body composition. Loss of muscle mass and strength frequently occur, even when dietary intake is adequate. Nascent evidence suggests that a healthy lifestyle, including adequate physical activity (PA) and diet, may prevent muscle …

2017-09-08Gezondheid; …Conferentiebijdrage

Assessing nutritional status in cancer: role of the patient-generated subjective global assessment

Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Ottery, Faith D.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is used internationally as the reference method for proactive risk assessment (screening), assessment, monitoring and triaging for interventions in patients with cancer. This review aims to explain the rationale behind …

2017-08-10Gezondheid; …Artikel

Agreement between rectus femoris muscle thickness by ultrasound and skeletal muscle mass by bio-electrical impedance analysis: a pilot study

Nijholt, Willemke; Sealy, Martine (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); van der Schans, Cees; Hobbelen, Hans (Ageing And Allied Health Care); Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Rodenburg, Iris

Rationale: Sarcopenia is a major problem and is common in community-dwelling elderly. In daily practice, there is need for low cost and easily assessable measurement tools to assess depletion of skeletal muscle (SM) mass, for example as one of the indicators of sarcopenia. Bio-electrical impedance analysis …

2017-08Gezondheid; …Conferentiebijdrage

Intra- and inter-rater reliability of biceps thickness assessment by ultrasound in elderly

Pinho, João Pedro; Azevedo, Rita; Rocha, Paula; Silveira, Joana; Nijholt, Willemke; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing)

Rationale: Although ultrasound has been reported as valid and reliable tool to assess muscle size in older adults1, little is known about intra-rater reliability (intra-RR) and inter-rater reliability (inter-RR) of BodyMetrix in specific to assess small muscles. Therefore, in this study we aimed to assess …

2017-08Gezondheid; …Conferentiebijdrage

The reliability and validity of ultrasound to quantify muscles in older adults

Nijholt, Willemke; Scafoglieri, Aldo; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Hobbelen, Hans (Ageing And Allied Health Care); van der Schans, Cees P

This review evaluates the reliability and validity of ultrasound to quantify muscles in older adults. The databases PubMed, Cochrane, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were systematically searched for studies. In 17 studies, the reliability (n = 13) and validity (n = 8) of …

2017-07-12Gezondheid; …Andersoortig materiaal

Coexistence of malnutrition, frailty, physical frailty and disability in patients with COPD at the start of a pulmonary rehabilitation program

ter Beek, Lies; van der Vaart, Hester; Wempe, Johan; Ottery, Faith D.; Roodenburg, Jan; van der Schans, Cees; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing)

2017-05-16Gezondheid; …Conferentiebijdrage

Prevalence and features of risk for malnutrition in patients prior to vascular surgery

ter Beek, Lies; Banning, Louise; Visser, Linda; Roodenburg, Jan; van der Schans, Cees; Pol, Robert; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing)

2017-05-16Gezondheid; …Conferentiebijdrage

Prevalence and characteristics of risk for malnutrition in patients with newly diagnosed head and neck cancer

ter Beek, Lies; Bras, Linda; Roodenburg, Jan; van der Schans, Cees; Ottery, Faith D.; Halmos, Gyorgy; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing)

2017-05-16Gezondheid; …Conferentiebijdrage

Deriving guidelines for designing interactive questionnaires for low-literate persons

Anita Cremers (Lector); Marlies Welbie (Lid Lectoraat); Kim Kranenborg (Onderzoeker); Harriët Wittink (Lector)

From the publisher's website: Large groups in society, in particular people with low literacy, lack the necessary proactivity and problem-solving skills to be self-reliant. One omnipresent problem area where these skills are relevant regards filling in forms and questionnaires. These problems could be …

2017GezondheidArtikel

Measurement properties of maximal cardiopulmonary exercise tests protocols in persons after stroke: A systematic review

Harriët Wittink (Lector); Olaf Verschuren; Caroline B. Terwee; Janke de Groot (Lid Lectoraat); Gert Kwakkel; Ingrid G. van de Port

Objective: To systematically review and critically appraise the literature on measurement properties of cardiopulmonary exercise test protocols for measuring aerobic capacity, VO2max, in persons after stroke. Data sources: PubMed, Embase and Cinahl were searched from inception up to 15 June 2016. …

2017GezondheidArtikel

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