Individuals with sexual offense histories are subject to heightened public stigma, which significantly hinders their reintegration and rehabilitation. This social support, thereby increasing the risk of recidivism. The present study investigated the extent to which empathy and knowledge predict public …

Purpose – This study aims to explore staff attitudes toward trauma-informed care (TIC) within Dutch forensic psychiatric settings. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 111 staff members completed the Attitudes Related to Trauma-Informed Care Scale (ARTIC-35) to assess their attitudes on TIC. Findings …

Background: Chronic musculoskeletal pain is best addressed from a biopsychosocial perspective. Despite physiotherapists’ awareness of this approach, translating it into practice remains a challenge. A three-month post-graduate course was designed to facilitate Dutch physiotherapists in private practice …

This thesis investigated how homeostatic resilience can be determined based on the response of various biomarkers during and after a standardised bicycle ergometer test. The test model had to be reproducible and widely applicable to people with varying health statuses. To this end, two controlled human …

Personalised interventions are recommended to optimise participation in prehabilitation programmes, but this requires insight into what motivates patients to participate in, and complete, such programmes. We investigated the experiences of patients with oesophageal cancer who had participated in a prehabilitation …

The transition to a low-carbon economy is driving demand for critical raw materials (CRMs), such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements, that are essential for clean technologies. The EU's limited domestic capacity in mining and processing has created strong dependencies and supply risks due to …

Purpose Internationally, many differences are observed regarding the practice of geriatric rehabilitation for older people living at home. To improve international collaboration and research on this topic, we aimed to reach a consensus on terminology, organisational aspects, and outcome domains to focus …

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to explore the identification of older people in need of dental consultation, with a Simplified Oral Indicator (SOI) used by home care nurses (HCNs) and with the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI-NL) completed by older people themselves, compared with the Oral …

Welkom bij de laatste nieuwsbrief van het lectoraat Diversiteitvraagstukken van 2024. We kijken terug op een mooi onderzoeksjaar waarin we, samen met interne en externe partners diverse mooie projecten en onderzoeken hebben afgerond. En dat in een periode waarin in de wereld en in de Nederlandse samenleving …

Background Self-management support is widely considered a critical aspect of nursing. Still, many studies indicate that nurses frequently experience difficulties in daily practice. Objective To gain a deeper understanding of the factors perceived by nurses to impede or promote their support of patients’ …