De diëtist heeft tot doel de kwaliteit van leven (KvL) van de cliënt te verbeteren en de effectiviteit van de dieetbehandeling aan te tonen. De prevalentie van prikkelbare-darmsyndroom (PDS of IBS) en overgewicht is hoog in Nederland. Deze doelgroep wordt vaak gezien bij de diëtist. PDS en overgewicht …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical course of, and prognostic factors for, work-participation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. METHODS: A total of 1,608 patients with chronic non-specific low back pain received a multidisciplinary therapy and were evaluated at baseline and …

This study investigates the clinical course of and prognostic factors for quality of life (Short Form 36 items Health survey (SF-36)) and global perceived effect (GPE) in patients treated for chronic nonspecific low back pain at 5 and 12-months follow-up. Data from a prospective cohort (n ¼ 1760) of …

Achtergrond: In dit verslag is er een literatuur- en praktijkonderzoek gedaan naar instrumenten ter meting van kwaliteit van leven van patiënten met secundair lymfoedeem gerelateerd aan mamacarcinoom. Het doel van dit onderzoek was om een klinimetrisch kwaliteitsoordeel over kwaliteit van leven-meetinstrumenten …

Background: There are many ways clinicians measure pain intensity in patients with musculoskeletal conditions, such as a Whiplash Associated Disorder. Objective: To assess if some ratings of pain are scored systematically higher than others and whether this pattern changes with increasing symptom duration …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) increases, but the impact of the disorder on peoples' functional capacity is not known. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare self-reported health status and functional capacity of subjects with early OA of hip and/or knee to reference …

To determine the number of employed people in a group of patients with neuromuscular diseases and in 3 separate subgroups (facioscapulo-humeral dystrophy, hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy, and myotonic dystrophy) to investigate any differences in employment status between the patient groups, and …

OBJECTIVES: Patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) may experience functional limitations in work settings. In the Cohort Hip and Cohort Knee study (CHECK) physical function was both self-reported and measured performance-based, using Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE). Relations between self-reported …

Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate which disease-specific measurement tools exist for assessing health related quality of life for stroke patients and to find out which quality of life measurement tools exist for specifically for partners of stroke patients. The members …