Rationale: Although ultrasound has been reported as valid and reliable tool to assess muscle size in older adults1, little is known about intra-rater reliability (intra-RR) and inter-rater reliability (inter-RR) of BodyMetrix in specific to assess small muscles. Therefore, in this study we aimed to assess …

The Nociception Coma Scale is a nociception behaviour observation tool, developed specifically for patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) due to (acquired) brain injury. Over the years, the clinimetric properties of the NCS and its revised version (NCS-R) have been assessed, but no formal summary …

This systematic review summarizes the psychometric properties of goal-setting instruments that are applied within geriatric rehabilitation. PubMed Medline and Embase were systematically searched for eligible articles. Studies were included if they were conducted in a somatic or neurological rehabilitation …

The COMFORT scale is a measurement tool to assess distress, sedation and pain in nonverbal paediatric patients. Several studies have described the COMFORT scale, but no formal assessment of the methodological quality has been undertaken. Therefore, we performed a systematic review to study the clinimetric …

This thesis is written for Rical Cleaning products, a Dutch company that is specialized in selling cleaning products business to business. The purpose of this research is to obtain insight on the level of customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and the level of customer recommendations and how this can …

Voor u ligt het onderzoeksrapport voor verhuis- en opslagbedrijf UTS Verkroost Nijmegen BV (hierna te noemen: UTS Verkroost). Op basis van het eerder geschreven Plan van Aanpak heb ik dit onderzoeksrapport geschreven in opdracht van het facilitair verhuis- en opslagbedrijf UTS Verkroost. In dit rapport …

The Hanze University Groningen offers more than 60 different honours programmes for students who want to do more than the regular programme offers them. In these programmes, students are guided to become an excellent professional. Competencies defining an excellent professional were assessed in a previous …

Paper presentation at the European Council of High Ability, Vienna, Austria. 2-5 March 2016.

BACKGROUND: Limited research has examined what is actually done in the process of care by nursing staff in long-term institutional care. The applied instruments employed different terminologies, and psychometric properties were inadequately described. This study aimed to develop and test an observational …

Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd vanuit de verlegenheidssituatie op de school te Tiel. Men staat er op deze school voor dat meer- en hoogbegaafde kinderen het recht hebben op onderwijs dat aansluit bij hun talenten en capaciteiten. In de visie van de school schrijf men: ‘Wij zien deze kinderen als een specifieke …