In dit onderzoek werd onderzocht of de Token Test (Orgass, 1976) een valide meetinstrument is voor de bepaling van de ernst van de afasie. De onderzoeksvraag die werd gesteld luidde als volgt: Voor welke aspecten van de taal, die worden getest in de subtesten van de AAT, is de Token Test van Orgass (1976) …

In dit toegankelijk geschreven en mooi vormgegeven proefschrift van Buijck ligt de focus op de multidisciplinaire revalidatie van patiënten met een beroerte of een prothese, die worden behandeld en begeleid op gespecialiseerde revalidatieafdelingen in verpleeghuizen.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa-bacteriën kunnen ernstige complicaties veroorzaken, waarbij lensdragen een risicofactor is. Indien het aantal bacteriën gereduceerd wordt, neemt het aantal contactlensgerelateerde bacteriële infecties mogelijk af. Een belangrijke rol van de optometrist of contactlensspecialist …

This thesis is a qualitative research into the extent to which subsequent experience changes correspond to the described goals of the group PMT module. This is done with clients that have anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders of the age 15-65 years at the Vincent van Gogh Institute. Four clients …

To describe the time use of patients with stroke in five Skilled Nurs- ing Facilities (SNFs) in the Netherlands, focusing on the time spent on thera- peutic activities, nontherapeutic activities, interaction with others, and the location where the activities took place. Evidence suggest that task-oriented …

OBJECTIVES: To study sensor monitoring (use of a sensor network placed in the home environment to observe individuals' daily functioning (activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living)) as a method to measure and support daily functioning for older people living independently …

According to the "membrane sensor" hypothesis, the membrane's physical properties and microdomain organization play an initiating role in the heat shock response. Clinical conditions such as cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases are all coupled with specific changes in the physical state and …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinical tachyarrhythmia associated with significant morbidity and mortality and is expected to affect approximately 30 million North Americans and Europeans by 2050. AF is a persistent disease, caused by progressive, often age-related, derailment of proteostasis …

The aim of this research was to study the clinical characteristics and mortality and disability outcomes of patients who present distinct risk profiles for functional decline at admission. A multicenter, prospective cohort study was conducted between 2006 and 2009 in three hospitals in the Netherlands …

Thirty to sixty per cent of older patients experience functional decline after hospitalisation, associated with an increase in dependence, readmission, nursing home placement and mortality. First step in prevention is the identification of patients at risk. The objective of this study is to develop and …