Publications

Physical performance and protein-energy wasting in patients treated with nocturnal haemodialysis compared to conventional haemodialysis

BACKGROUND: Poor physical performance and protein-energy wasting (PEW) are health issues of major concern in haemodialysis patients. The conventional haemodialysis (CHD) regime, three times per week 3-5 h, is subject ...

Nursing Staff Factors Contributing to Seclusion in Acute Mental Health Care - An Explorative Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Seclusion is a controversial intervention. Efficacy with regard to aggressive behaviour has not been demonstrated, and seclusion is only justified for preventing safety hazards. Previous studies indicate ...

Citizen Science For Health In All Policies

Health in All Policies (HiAP), a horizontal strategy connecting all relevant policy sectors, is internationally recognised as a core policy approach to improve the population’s health. For HiAP to be effective, ...

SUN-P218 : Protein intake is associated with muscle injuries in circus athletes

PreSchool@HealthyWeight

Professional development in sport psychology

<p>To enhance the training of sport psychology consultants, it is important to know which learning experiences are useful for which components of professional development. We interviewed 15 novice consultants ...

Cost-effectiveness of nurse-led multifactorial care to prevent or postpone new disabilities in community-living older people

Praktijkgericht onderzoek door lectoraten van de opleidingen

Hbo-opleidingen doen praktijkgericht onderzoek in lectoraten. Wat is het doel daarvan? Hoe werkt het? En welke lectoraten en lectoren zijn er in ons werkveld?

Geriatric syndromes from admission to 3 months post-discharge and thyeir associartion with recovery

Preoperative functional status is not associated with postoperative surgical complications in low risk patients undergoing esophagectomy

<p>Preoperative functional status is a risk factor for developing postoperative complications (POC) in major abdominal and thoracic surgery, but this has hardly been evaluated in esophageal cancer patients ...

Disability in adolescents and adults diagnosed with hypermobility-related Disorders: a meta-analysis

<p>OBJECTIVE: To (1) establish the association of the most common reported symptoms on disability; and (2) study the effectiveness of treatment on disability in patients with Ehlers-Danlos ...

Nursing students perceptions of community care

The course of skull deformation from birth to 5 years of age

In a continuation of a prospective longitudinal cohort study in a healthy population on the course of skull shape from birth to 24 months, at 5 years of age, 248 children participated in a follow-up assessment using ...

Comprehensive geriatric assessment: recognition of identified geriatric conditions by community-dwelling older persons

<p>OBJECTIVES: to study (i) the prevalence of geriatric conditions in community-dwelling older persons at increased risk of functional decline and (ii) the extent to which older persons recognise comprehensive ...

Attitudes of older adults in a group-based exercise program toward a blended intervention: a focus-group study

<p>Ageing is associated with a decline in daily functioning and mobility. A physically active life and physical exercise can minimize the decline of daily functioning and improve the physical-, psychological- ...

Safe and effective nursing shift handover with NURSEPASS

<p>AIM: Implementation of a locally developed evidence based nursing shift handover blueprint with a bedside-safety-check to determine the effect size on quality of handover.</p><p>METHODS: A mixed ...

The clinimetric properties of the COMFORT scale: a systematic review

<p>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 ...

Physical therapy after critical illness

Surviving critical illness: what is next?

<p>BACKGROUND: The study objective was to obtain consensus on physical therapy (PT) in the rehabilitation of critical illness survivors after hospital discharge. Research questions were: what are PT goals, what ...

de Morton Mobility Index Is feasible, reliable, and valid in patients with critical illness

<p>BACKGROUND: Intensive care unit (ICU) stays often lead to reduced physical functioning. Change in physical functioning in patients in the ICU is inadequately assessed through available instruments. The de ...

Unmet needs in the management of Cervical Dystonia.

Cervical dystonia (CD) is a movement disorder which affects daily living of many patients. In clinical practice, several unmet treatment needs remain open. This article focuses on the four main aspects of treatment. ...

Oxygenation threshold derived from near-infrared Spectroscopy

<p>BACKGROUND: Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurements of oxygenation reflect O2 delivery and utilization in exercising muscle and may improve detection of a critical exercise ...

Implementation of a Transfer Intervention Procedure (TIP) to improve handovers from hospital to home: interrupted time series analysis

<p>BACKGROUND: Accurate and timely patient handovers from hospital to other health care settings are essential in order to provide high quality of care and to ensure patient safety. We aim to investigate the ...

Protein intake, nutritional status and outcomes in ICU survivors

The Difference between Body Composition Analysis Measured by Air-Displacement Plethysmography and Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry Depends on Relative Fat Mass

Infant Nutrition is Related to Dietary Patterns at Age 5 in the ABCD Cohort

Nursing students' perceptions of community care and other areas of nursing practice

<p>OBJECTIVES: To review recent literature on student nurses' perceptions of different areas of nursing practice, in particular community care. Healthcare is changing from care delivery in institutional ...

Relation Between CT-Derived Skeletal Muscle Area at Fourth Thoracic Vertebra Level and Third Lumbar Vertebra Level

Decreased physical activity, reduced QoL and presence of debilitating fatigue in patients with Addison's disease

<p>BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life in patients with Addison's disease has been assessed in various European countries, indicating a reduced quality of life. However, no studies have addressed the ...

Validation of the SQUASH physical activity questionnaire in a multi-ethnic population: the HELIUS study

<p>PURPOSE: To investigate the reliability and validity of the SQUASH physical activity (PA) questionnaire in a multi-ethnic population living in the Netherlands.</p><p>METHODS: We included ...