BACKGROUND: In recent years, sustainable employability, rooted in the capability approach, has received substantial attention due to its associations with work and health-related outcomes. While previous studies have indicated that being able and enabled to achieve important work values (i.e., work capabilities) …

BACKGROUND: Optimizing return to work (RTW) after knee arthroplasty (KA) is becoming increasingly important due to a growing incidence of KA and poor RTW outcomes after KA. We developed the Back At work After Surgery (BAAS) clinical pathway for optimized RTW after KA. Since the effectiveness and cost …

BACKGROUND: The primary aim of this study was to assess the outcome of elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients treated during the spring and autumn COVID-19 surges in Europe. METHODS: This was a prospective European observational study (the COVIP study) in ICU patients aged 70 years and older admitted …

Achtergrond: Het chirurgisch aanleggen van een darminterponaat wordt in zeldzame gevallen gebruikt als behandeling voor slokdarmkanker. In de praktijk blijken de patiënten met een colon- of jejunuminterponaat veel voedingsgerelateerde klachten te hebben. Om deze reden is een literatuurstudie uitgevoerd …

INTRODUCTION: While prone positioning (PP) has been shown to improve patient survival in moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients, the rate of application of PP in clinical practice still appears low. AIM: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of use of PP in ARDS …

OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate that novice dosimetry planners efficiently create clinically acceptable IMRT plans for head and neck cancer (HNC) patients using a commercially available multicriteria optimization (MCO) system. METHODS: Twenty HNC patients were enrolled in this in-silico comparative planning …

Probleemstelling: Er is weinig bekend over de prevalentie en de risicofactoren van verschillende soorten strabismus. Of strabismus afhankelijk is van omgevingsfactoren en van welke precies, wordt niet eenduidig vermeld. Ook is de prevalentie van strabismus in Nederland niet bekend. Doel: Het doel van …

Although the attention for functional outcomes after burn injury has grown over the past decades, little is known about functional independence in performing activities of daily living in children after burn injury. Therefore, in this prospective cohort study functional independence was measured by burn …

Previous research has shown clinical effectiveness of dermal substitution; however, in burn wounds, only limited effect has been shown. A problem in burn wounds is the reduced take of the autograft, when the substitute and graft are applied in one procedure. Recently, application of topical negative …

Doel: In Nederland neemt de prevalentie van overgewicht en obesitas toe. Deze literatuurstudie had daarom de volgende drie doelen om te onderzoeken: 1) Het verband tussen de dagelijkse maaltijdfrequentie en BMI bij volwassenen. 2) Hoe de maaltijdfrequentie het beste in de Nederlandse Epidemiologie …