Women want positive birth experiences with high quality maternity care that is neither too much, too soon, nor too little, too late. Research confirms the effectiveness of midwifery care, and the midwifery approach to birth as physiologic may counter the upward trend of the unnecessary medicalization …

Aim: To develop an understanding of how nurses obtain and take account of patient preferences in shared decision-making processes in evidence-based practice to provide personalized nursing care. Design: Qualitative grounded theory. Methods: This research was part of a PhD study successfully completed …

Een cerebrovasculaire incident (CVA) wordt gedefinieerd als een infarct of bloeding in het brein, ruggenmerg of retina als gevolg van een trombose of een dissectie in een bloedvat (1). Dit uit zich in symptomen zoals een parese en sensibiliteitsverlies van de arm en/of been aan de heterolaterale zijde. …

Fysieke activiteit is van groot belang bij personen met MS (1). De conditie en kracht worden opgebouwd in een revalidatiecentrum (2), met behulp van een trainingsschema met cardiorespiratoire- en spierkrachttraining (1). Op basis van trainingsparameters uit wetenschappelijk onderzoek kunnen fysiotherapeuten …

Nederland staat hoog op de ladder als het gaat om de kwaliteit van zorg en behoort hiermee tot de beste zorg van Europa (Munten, Verhoef, & Kuiper, 2016). Er wordt in Nederland, maar ook internationaal, beroep gedaan op zorgprofessionals om de keuzes die gemaakt worden binnen de zorg te baseren op het …

BACKGROUND: Instability of the knee joint during gait is frequently reported by patients with knee osteoarthritis or an anterior cruciate ligament rupture. The assessment of instability in clinical practice and clinical research studies mainly relies on self-reporting. Alternatively, parameters measured …

Objective Lower physical activity levels in older adults are associated with increased co-morbidities and disability. Physical therapists have a critical role in facilitating increases in physical activity. The communication they use may impact their effectiveness. This study investigates the additional …

The aim of this narrative review was to explore the potential contributions of CAM to reduce antibiotic use. Methods. We searched PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews with a specific, limited set of search terms and collected input from a group of expert CAM researchers to answer …

In this paper we present a review of existing aviation safety metrics and we lay the foundation for our four-years research project entitled “Measuring Safety in Aviation – Developing Metrics for Safety Management Systems”. We reviewed state-of-the-art literature, relevant standards and regulations, …

Frontline professionals such as social workers and civil servants play a crucial role in countering violent extremism.Because of their direct contac twith society,first liners are tasked with detecting individuals that may threaten national security and the democratic rule of law. Preliminary screening …