Artrose is een chronisch degeneratieve aandoening van de gewrichten. De behandeling van artrose is vooralsnog symptomatisch en gericht op het remmen van het degeneratieproces. Oefentherapie op het land is echter niet altijd mogelijk als gevolg van pijn, waardoor hydrotherapie een adequatere optie zou …

Full text met een HU Account Objective: To quantify diversity in components of self-management interventions and explore which components are associated with improvement in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), …

Prophylactic replacement therapy is the cornerstone of treatment in severe haemophilia. Regular infusions with clotting factor concentrate have been proven effective to prevent bleeding, subsequent (joint) damage, and positively affect the impact of haemophilia on daily life [1]. Patients or parents …

Nederland telt 5,3 miljoen mensen met een chronische ziekte of aandoening, waarvan 522.000 kinderen en jongeren tussen de 0 en 24 jaar. Er is al veel onderzoek gedaan naar de cardiale adaptatie en ook naar de verlaagde rusthartslag bij sportende gezonde kinderen, maar nog niet bij chronisch zieke kinderen. …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of a proactive primary care program on the daily functioning of older people in primary care. DESIGN: Single-blind, three-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up. SETTING: Primary care setting, 39 general practices in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: …

Background: In postoperative pain treatment patients are asked to rate their pain experience on a single uni-dimensional pain scale. Such pain scores are also used as indicator to assess the quality of pain treatment. However, patients may differ in how they interpret the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) …

Background In a large randomized trial, Utrecht PROactive Frailty Intervention Trial (U‐PROFIT), we evaluated the effectiveness of an integrated program on the preservation of daily functioning in older people in primary care that consisted of a frailty identification tool and a multicomponent nurse‐led …

Een onderzoek naar "professionals in the lead": hoe doen professionals het als manager? Wanneer hebben ze voordeel dan wel nadeel van hun professionele achtergrond?

Objectives To assess the content validity and psychometric characteristics of the Knowledge about Older Patients Quiz (KOP‐Q), which measures nurses' knowledge regarding older hospitalized adults and their certainty regarding this knowledge. Design Cross‐sectional. Setting Content validity: …

Major resections for esophageal, gastric, hepatic, pancreatic, and colorectal cancer continue to be associated with a high peri-operative morbidity of up to 30%–40%. To a large extent, this morbidity is caused by infectious complications that add up to a considerable burden to patients and hospital costs. …