Crying by healthcare professionals in the medical setting is a common but understudied phenomenon. We aimed to develop a questionnaire which measures the attitudes of parent towards crying pediatricians and pediatric nurses. We assessed reliability and validity in a group of parents of children who are …

Background: Multimodal prehabilitation programs are effective at reducing complications after colorectal surgery in patients with a high risk of postoperative complications due to low aerobic capacity and/or malnutrition. However, high implementation fidelity is needed to achieve these effects in real-life …

Abstract Digital twinning of logistics vehicles can enhance decision making, to determine the right vehicle to use for the right duty (e.g. an EMS vehicle’s ability to negotiate the roundabouts in a route) and predict future tyre wear using vehicle telemetry (i.e. how much rubber is worn out and how …

Background: Despite trends towards greater professionalisation of the nursing profession and an improved public image in certain countries, studies also show that large proportions of the public still do not fully appreciate nurses’ competencies. Mapping differences in the societal and professional recognition …

Na curatieve behandeling voor niet-gemetastaseerde borstkanker krijgen patiënten nacontrole (detectie van mogelijke terugkeer van borstkanker in het borstgebied) en nazorg ondersteuning bij mogelijke gevolgen van de ziekte en/of behandeling). Tot nu toe kregen alle patiënten vijf jaar lang een jaarlijks …

Background The Wii Balance Board (WBB) is used as a rehabilitation tool for balance or strength interventions and posturography in balance tasks. Nonetheless, implementation of posturography using the WBB in a clinical setting is hampered by required technical skills for signal processing to obtain meaningful …

More frequently occurring droughts, related to climate change, lead to reduced growth and loss of vitality in trees. The recent drought of 2018 was extreme, long-lasting and resulted in high evaporative demands due to the concurrent high temperatures. The aim of this study was to compare the drought …

Cooperation is more likely upheld when individuals can choose their interaction partner. However, when individuals differ in their endowment or ability to cooperate, free partner choice can lead to segregation and increase inequality. To understand how decision-makers can decrease such inequality, we …

Introduction: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adult people with HIV is lower than that of the general population. Previously, no differences were detected in HRQoL of Dutch children with perinatal HIV (PHIV) compared with norm groups. In this study, we compared HRQoL of PHIV young adults (PHIV-YA, …

Rationale: Sarcopenia and obesity are prevalent conditions and are both associated with negative health outcomes. ESPEN and EASO reached consensus on the definition and diagnostic criteria for sarcopenic obesity (SO) encompassing indicators fat mass, muscle mass, and muscle function. However, few studies …