In the intensive care unit (ICU) relatives play a crucial role as surrogate decision-makers, since most patients cannot communicate due to their illness and treatment. Their level of involvement in decision-making can affect their psychological well-being. During the COVID-19 pandemic, relatives’ involvement …

Conclusions: This pilot feasibility study showed that combining ACT and PP in a digital health intervention is promising for patients undergoing spinal surgery as the content was accepted by most of the participants and (larger) improvements in pain intensity and well-being were observed in the intervention …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Qualitative studies suggest that malnutrition awareness is poor in older adults. The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to quantitatively assess malnutrition awareness in community-dwelling older adults aged 60+ years. METHODS: The Malnutrition Awareness Scale (MAS) was …

In this study we use aggregated weighted scores of environmental effects to study environmental influences on well-being and happiness. To this end, we split a sample of Netherlands Twin Register (NTR) participants into a training (N =4857) and test (N =2077) sample. In the training sample, we use elastic …

Gastcollege voor studenten Docent Muziek, Prins Claus Conservatorium, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, NL.

Inleiding over etnografisch onderzoek voor leden en belangstellenden lectoraat Professionaliseren met Hart en Ziel, Thomas More Hogeschool, Rotterdam.

Keynote ter gelegenheid van de bijeenkomst Meer muziek in Hardenberg met daarin eerst het idee dat iedereen talentvol is. Vervolgens iets over het belang van muziek in onze levens en het onderwijs. Tenslotte enige woorden over wat het van ons vraagt wanneer we met die uitgangspunten het muziekonderwijs …