The increase of people living with chronic conditions has compelled society to develop and implement strategies that promote collaboration between patients and healthcare professionals, and which provide the patients with an active role in their care. In order to accomplish this, the World Health Organization, …

In workshops digitaal componeren lijken basisschoolleerlingen de muzikale taal te kunnen leren gebruiken en daarmee hun muzikale creativiteit te kunnen ontwikkelen. Daarnaast lijken ze bij het componeren op de tablet ook op een intuïtieve manier gevoeligheid voor de onderliggende structuren in muziek …

Motor learning is particularly challenging in neurological rehabilitation: patients who suffer from neurological diseases experience both physical limitations and difficulties of cognition and communication that affect and/or complicate the motor learning process. Therapists (e.g.,, physiotherapists …

‘Lifelong learning is the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons’, zo leert ons een ’white paper’ dat door het department of Education and Science te Dublin in het jaar 2000 gepubliceerd werd en waar regelmatig naar verwezen wordt door …

The information provided about supplements for the horse joints is hard to gain access to forthe daily user/competitive rider. The list of ingredients is incomprehensible for someonewithout the background knowledge about scientific studies of the ingredients. This results inspending money on an equine …

Objective: To gain insight into how communication vulnerable people and health-care professionals experience the communication in dialogue conversations, and how they adjust their conversation using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) or other communication strategies. Methods: Communication …

Background: Computer-based cognitive rehabilitation is used to improve cognitive functioning after stroke. However, knowledge on adherence rates of stroke patients is limited. Objective: To describe stroke patients’ adherence with a brain training program using two frequencies of health professionals’ …

Aanleiding: Seksualiteit is een levenslange basisbehoefte van een mens. Bij ouderen (65 jaar en ouder) neemt de seksuele activiteit geleidelijk af maar stopt niet. De seksualiteit wordt negatief beïnvloed ten gevolge van de ouderdom, mensen verliezen hun partner maar ook problemen in psychische en lichamelijke …

Background: Despite the increasing labour market shortage of well-educated community nurses, few baccalaureate nursing students choose for a career in community care. Obtaining knowledge of how students perceive healthcare areas early in their education is important to take meaningful steps in counteracting …

BACKGROUND: The number of mobile apps that support smoking cessation is growing, indicating the potential of the mobile phone as a means to support cessation. Knowledge about the potential end users for cessation apps results in suggestions to target potential user groups in a dissemination strategy, …