AANLEIDING. Het aantal niet-westerse allochtonen in de Provincie Zeeland zal naar verwachting tot 2025 verdubbelen tot 9%. Zorgorganisaties in Zeeland moeten hierdoor in toenemende mate zorg gaan bieden aan niet-westerse allochtonen. Deze zorg verschilt met zorg aan de autochtone bevolking door culturele …

Objective Although regular physical activity is an effective secondary prevention strategy for patients with a chronic disease, it is unclear whether patients change their daily physical activity after being diagnosed. Therefore, the aims of this study were to (1) describe changes in levels of physical …

There is now a convergence of two modes of genetic testing, that of testing a few candidate genes at a time based on suspicion of a specific genetic disease, and that of genomic testing, especially when a candidate gene(s) is not suspected or known. Both aim to interpret pathogenicity of identified genetic …

OBJECTIVES: This systematic and meta-analytic review aimed to quantify the association of psychosocial correlates with oral hygiene behaviour among 9- to 19-year olds. METHODS: A systematic search up to August 2015 was carried out using the following databases: PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase, CINAHL and …

Road and City Mobility (RCM) is a business unit of Siemens Netherlands. RCM’s core business is to provide infrastructure solutions for its customers. Generally, 80% of RCM’s revenue is generated by projects; the other 20% of the overall revenue is generated by the sales of products (e.g. electronic variable …

Aanleiding. Het aantal blessures van eerstejaarsstudenten SBE moet worden verminderd om studievertraging te voorkomen. Om studievertraging te voorkomen is het noodzakelijk om te screenen op blessures. Omdat 40% van de acuut ontstane blessures een verzwikking is wordt er gescreend op de onderste extremiteiten. …

Een survey-onderzoek was opgezet om achter de meerwaarde te komen van gangbeeldanalyses bij cliënten met hereditaire motorische sensorische neuropathie, type I en II. Deelnemers van dit onderzoek waren orthopedisch schoenadviseurs, werkzaam binnen een straal van vijftig kilometer rond Eindhoven. Voor …

Background: This study compares the assessment, treatment, referral, and follow up contact with the dispatch centre of emergency patients treated by two types of solo emergency care providers in ambulance emergency medical services (EMS) in the Netherlands: the physician assistant (PA), educated in the …

Background: The ability to generate muscle strength is a pre-requisite for all human movement. Decreased quadriceps muscle strength is frequently observed in older adults and is associated with a decreased performance and activity limitations. To quantify the quadriceps muscle strength and to monitor …

AIMS: Attitudes of dentists and dental hygienists towards extended scope and independent dental hygiene practice are described in several studies, but the results are heterogenous. The purpose of this systematic review was to compare the attitudes of dentists and dental hygienists towards extended scope …