BACKGROUND: The primary aim of this study was to assess the outcome of elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients treated during the spring and autumn COVID-19 surges in Europe. METHODS: This was a prospective European observational study (the COVIP study) in ICU patients aged 70 years and older admitted …

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic mental health problems among seafarers became more visible to the world. Seafarers seem to have some unhappy moments while working on board for several months. Especially during this pandemic life on board has been tougher than usual, shore leave is nearly impossible, …

Het overgrote deel van de Nederlandse bevolking boven 18 jaar is bereid zich te laten vaccineren tegen het coronavirus en velen van hen zijn inmiddels gevaccineerd. Schattingen van het aandeel mensen dat niet gevaccineerd wil worden of nog twijfelt, variëren. Volgens sommige studies is dit slechts 2%, …

Mensen die geen corona-vaccin willen of daar nog over twijfelen, worden vaak op één hoop gegooid. Uit het onderzoek ‘De maatschappelijke impact van COVID-19' blijkt dat dit onterecht is: de motieven zijn divers en verschillen ook in intensiteit. Door iedereen weg te zetten als ‘wappies’ en ‘complotdenkers’ …

Objective To describe characteristics, risk factors and maternal, obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Design Multi-centre prospective population-based cohort study. Setting Nationwide study in the Netherlands. Population Pregnant …

A study was conducted on the litchi value chain to analyse the factors affecting postharvest loss in Dinajpur, Bangladesh to suggest the Department of Horticulture possible recommendation. This study was remotely conducted online due to the COVID-19 situation during the research period and with the help …

Like many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced Statistics Netherlands to make changes in its fieldwork strategy. Since mid-March 2020, there have been limited opportunities to conduct face-to-face interviews. Therefore, from September 2020, CAPI sampled people are offered the opportunity to respond …

The aim of part 3 is the development of basic instruments to measure respondent resilience to disinformation. Cases and examples of disinformation that will be used in the instruments will be taken from a COVID-19 context when applicable. People who are resilient to COVID-19 disinformation are supposed …

In Intellectual Output 1 of the SMILES project, researchers from Belgium (Flanders), Netherlands and Spain conducted desk research to describe the current developments for each country around disinformation, particularly those related to the Covid-19 pandemic. In part 2 of the research, they identified …

Telelogopedie is een effectieve manier van zorgverlening wanneer de logopedist en cliënt gescheiden zijn door afstand. Door de uitbraak van COVID-19 vond een landelijke lockdown plaats in Nederland. Hierdoor waren logopedisten noodgedwongen overgestapt naar telelogopedie. Tijdens deze telebehandelingen …