Dit jaar is het vierhonderd jaar geleden dat de Franse christelijke denker Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) werd geboren, op 19 juni jl. om precies te zijn. Pascal is bekend geworden als criticus van de moderniteit, mede vanwege zijn kritiek op het rationalisme en zijn verdediging van het christelijk geloof. …

Background: In the Netherlands, general practitioners (GPs) play a key role in provider-initiated HIV testing, but opportunities for timely diagnosis are regularly missed. We implemented an educational intervention to improve HIV testing by GPs from 2015 to 2020, and observed a 7% increase in testing …

Objective: To prepare a set of statements for randomised clinical trials (RCT) integrity through an international multi-stakeholder consensus. Methods: The consensus was developed via: multi-country multidisciplinary stakeholder group composition and engagement; evidence synthesis of 55 systematic reviews …

Introduction Although the prevalence of dementia increases among people with severe/profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities (SPI(M)D), dementia in people with SPI(M)D is not yet fully understood. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the natural history of dementia in people with SPI(M)D, …

Support for relatives is highly important in the intensive care unit (ICU). During the first COVID-19 wave support for relatives had to be changed considerably. The alternative support could have decreased the quality and sense of support. We aimed to evaluate how support for relatives in Dutch ICUs …

The COVID-19 pandemic has a significant impact on the health and well-being of all health care professionals. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses reported prevalence rates of 13.5%- 44.7% for depression, 12.3%-41.2% for anxiety, 5.2%-56.5% for acute stress reaction, 7.4%- 37.4% for post-traumatic stress …

Background: Many international clinical guidelines recommend therapeutic exercise as a core treatment for knee and hip osteoarthritis. We aimed to identify individual patient-level moderators of the effect of therapeutic exercise for reducing pain and improving physical function in people with knee osteoarthritis, …

Verpleegkundigen ervaren registreren vaak als een last. Voor velen is de meerwaarde nog beperkt. Wellicht kan artificial intelligence verandering brengen, maar er zijn dan wel uitdagingen aan te gaan.

The COVID-19 pandemic has struck educational experience systems around the globe. This paper investigates and evaluates the student participants’ perceptions who joined the international exchange seminar on global citizenship and peace held at a University in Hiroshima, Japan. Approximately seventy students …

In dit onderzoek wordt in beeld gebracht hoe intersubjectiviteit, afstemming tussen kind en ouder, zichtbaar wordt in ouder-kind speltherapie. De betrokkenheid van de ouder bij het spel van het kind vormt de basis voor de ontwikkeling van zelfvertrouwen, gevoel van eigenwaarde en regulerende vaardigheden …