In indoor comfort research, thermal comfort of care-professionals in hospital environment is a little explored topic. To address this gap, a mixed methods study, with the nursing staff in hospital wards acting as participants,was undertaken. Responses were collected during three weeks in the summer (n …

Background: Difficulty in communicating (due to aphasia) can have serious consequences for patients in health care settings. Communication Partner Training is effective for improving communication between people with aphasia and health care professionals. Aim and Objective: This study aims to evaluate …

Purpose The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a telehealthcare application for operable lung cancer (OLC) patients, consisting of ambulant symptom and physical activity monitoring (S&PAM) and a web-accessible home-based exercise program (WEP), and identify possible barriers for successful …

De voorzitter van de Raad van Bestuur van het Bravis ziekenhuis is van mening dat de kernwaarden, ‘Deskundig’, ‘Vrij’, ‘Verbindend’ en ‘Lef’, ervoor moeten zorgen dat de gefuseerde ziekenhuizen dezelfde werkwijze hanteren en dat er verbinding ontstaat tussen het personeel van de Bravis-locaties in Bergen …

Inleiding: de Plezierige Activiteiten Methode kent zijn oorsprong in de Verenigde Staten. De methode bleek bruikbaar en effectief om depressieve klachten bij mensen met dementie te doen laten afnemen. In Nederland bereikte de methode positieve resultaten op psychogeriatrische verpleegafdelingen. De methode …

Wheelchair mobility skills (WMS) training is regarded by children using a manual wheelchair and their parents as an important factor to improve participation and daily physical activity. Currently, there is no outcome measure available for the evaluation of WMS in children. Several wheelchair mobility …

Op de Hogeschool Rotterdam neemt, zoals in het hele hoger beroepsonderwijs, het doen van praktijkgericht onderzoek een steeds belangrijker plaats in. De ambities zijn stevig: via praktijkgericht onderzoek een bijdrage leveren aan zowel de professionele ontwikkeling van het werkveld in Rotterdam als aan …

Aims: This paper aims to explore the effect of the social network based intervention Powerful Together with Diabetes on diabetes self-management among socioeconomically deprived patients. This 10-month group intervention targeting patients and significant others aimed to improve self-management by stimulating …

Nurses often have difficulties with using interdisciplinary stroke guidelines for patients with stroke as they do not focus sufficiently on nursing. Therefore, the Stroke Nursing Guideline (SNG) was developed and implemented. The aim of this study was to determine the implementation and feasibility of …