Bij patiënten met een chronische aandoening is zelfmanagement (het vermogen om gezondheidsproblemen te voorkomen, of als die toch optreden, om te gaan met de symptomen, behandeling en gevolgen daarvan) van groot belang.

Receiving adequate support seems to be crucial to the success of self-management. Although different empirical studies sepa-rately examined patients’ preferences for self-management support(SMS), an overview is lacking.

Introduction: Self-management is considered a potential answer to the increasing demand for family medicine by people suffering from a chronic condition or multi-morbidity. A key element of self-management is goal setting. Goal setting is often defined as a moment of agreement between a professional …

PURPOSE: To gain insight into the development of young persons with chronic conditions towards independence by comparing their lived experiences to those of their parents. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews were held with 16 young persons (7 males, 9 females; 15-22 years) and one of their parents …

Background The Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) is increasingly being used as a functional outcome measure for chronic pediatric conditions. Knowledge about its measurement properties is needed to determine whether it is an appropriate test to use. Purpose The purpose of this study was to systematically …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the intelligibility and psychometric properties of the modified Dutch language version of the Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) (WLQ-mdlv).

Chronic conditions can lead to considerable deterioration in functioning. Several condition-specific Core Sets, selections of categories from the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), have been developed to facilitate the rehabilitation process. Considering the increase …

Purpose: To explore associations between adolescents’ perception of their readiness to transfer to adult care and socio-demographic and disease-related characteristics, effect of the condition, self-management ability, and attitude toward transition.

OBJECTIVE: Pre-eclampsia is a complication of pregnancy characterized by systemic vascular dysfunction and pathological changes in placental arteries. Growing evidence of chronic infection as an aetiological factor in vascular diseases prompted us to study maternal periodontal disease in subjects with …

Main question: The main question of this project was: "Which treatment programmes of graded aerobic exercise result in improved Quality of Life in patients diagnosed with the fibromyalgia syndrome based on evidence based literature?" Background: The fibromyalgia syndrome is one of the many chronic musculoskeletal …