Background: Although interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment (IMPT) programs are widely regarded as treatment of choice for patients with chronic pain, there are signs that many patients are unable to maintain their treatment gains in the long term. To facilitate the maintenance of positive treatment …

Background: To facilitate adherence to adaptive pain management behaviors after interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment, we developed a mobile health app (AGRIPPA app) that contains two behavior regulation strategies. Objective: The aims of this project are (1) to test the effectiveness of the AGRIPPA …

Generic self-management programs aim to facilitate behavioural adjustment and therefore have considerable potential for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Our main objective was to collect and synthesize all data on the effectiveness of generic self-management interventions for patients with …

Op basis van de probleemanalyse heeft de onderzoeksgroep de volgende onderzoeksvraag, doelstelling en deelvragen beschreven. Onderzoeksvraag Hoe kan de afdeling Klinische Detox/Stabilisatie en Diagnostiek het therapieprogramma optimaliseren zodat uitval van patiënten in de toekomst verminderd wordt? Doelstelling …

De voorbije jaren is er een aanzet gedaan tot het bestrijden van leegstand. Wat was het effect van deze inspanningen en wat heeft de eerste generatie maatregelen ons geleerd dat we kunnen gebruiken voor het komende decennium dat in het teken lijkt te staan van economische voorspoed? Wij zetten de hoofdrolspelers …

This article takes a close look at the openings of 12 different Dutch adoption assessment sessions. In the first of a series of 4 adoption assessment sessions, social workers perform different actions that are analyzed in detail. The overall focus is on how contact and relationships are established in …

The objective of this study is to contribute towards understanding how welfare and justice discourses become apparent in institutional conversations where social workers involved in child protection have dual professional identities: that of helper and of gatekeeper. In this article we analyse a specific …

Zorgverzekeraars willen tegenwoordig alleen behandelingen vergoeden die effectief zijn. Dit betekent dat de psychomotorische therapeuten (PMT-ers) effectmetingen moeten gaan doen binnen hun eigen vak. Om de PMT-ers van Karakter Zetten een eindje op weg te helpen en om zelf kennis te maken met evaluerend …

In this study we examine how suitability for adoptive parenthood is assessed and displayed in interactions between social workers and prospective adoptive parents. In particular, we have analyzed relationship questions that are put to couples with and without an observation from the social worker. The answers …

Prospective adoptive parents who take part in a Dutch adoption assessment procedure are asked to write down their life stories. In this article we examine how information from the life stories is deleted, selected and transformed into a topic to talk about in an assessment interview and/or to write about …