Op 28 augustus 2014 heb ik een 'oral presentation' gegeven op het European Health Psychology Society congres te Innsbruck. De abstract van het artikel die ik gepresenteerd heb is gepubliceerd op de website van EHPS (zie bijgevoegd de link) The aim was to quantify the relationship between behavioural …

In the past decades many psychosocial interventions for elderly people with dementia have been developed and implemented. Relatively little research has been done on the extent to which these interventions were implemented in the daily care. The aim of this study was to obtain insight into strategies …

Physical health issues in persons with Severe or Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (SPIMD) Aims: People with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disabilities experience a wide range of complex health problems. However, the prevalence of different types of health problems and their …

Purpose: To provide an overview of factors influencing the acceptance of electronic tech-nologies that support aging in place by community-dwelling older adults. Since technologyacceptance factors fluctuate over time, a distinction was made between factors in the pre-implementation stage and factors …

Het bedrijf Disolut hoopt met een nieuw product genaamd Boulardii op de markt te kunnen komen. Omdat de Nederlandse diëtist niet bekend is met Boulardii, is uitgezocht welke effecten de gist Saccharomyces Boulardii heeft bij verschillende typen diarree en welke plaats het product kan hebben naast de …

Pain is one of the main complaints of trauma patients in (pre-hospital) emergency medicine. Significant deficiencies in pain management in emergency medicine have been identified. No evidence-based protocols or guidelines have been developed so far, addressing effectiveness and safety issues, taking …

BACKGROUND: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used as a treatment for acute wounds (such as those arising from surgery and trauma). However, the effects of HBOT on wound healing are unclear. OBJECTIVES: To determine the effects of HBOT on the healing of acute surgical and traumatic wounds. SEARCH METHODS: …

Background: Patients with heart failure (HF) need long-term and complex care delivered by healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care. Although guidelines on optimal HF care exist, no specific description of components that are applied for optimal HF care at home exist. The objective of this …

Doel/ vraagstelling: Het doel van deze studie is om uit te zoeken wat de meerwaarde is van krachttrainen bij kinderen met obesitas. Dit wordt onderzocht door het beantwoorden van de vraag: "wat is het effect van spierkrachttraining in vergelijking met cardiotraining op BMI, vetpercentage en buikomtrek …

Achtergrond: Fysiotherapie is een belangrijk onderdeel van de multidisciplinaire behandeling van patiënten met COPD. De fysiotherapeutische behandeling kan zich richten op de kortademigheid, het verminderde activiteitenniveau, de verminderde perifere spierkracht en de verminderde inspanningscapaciteit. …