Background: The emphasis on impact factors and the quantity of publications intensifies competition between researchers. This competition was traditionally considered an incentive to produce high-quality work, but there are unwanted side-effects of this competition like publication pressure. To measure …

Samenvatting   Probleemstelling: Binnen de forensisch psychiatrisch afdeling verblijven patiënten met ernstig psychiatrische aandoeningen. Deze patiënten hebben een verhoogde kans om vroegtijdig te overlijden. Een van de oorzaken hiervoor is overgewicht. Factoren als medicatie, ziektebeeld, ongezonde …

Purpose Empowerment in patients can lead to a higher participation in care and self-management skills. However, there are a limited number of high-quality instruments to assess empowerment and its various dimensions in young persons. The aim was to develop and assess the psychometric properties of the …

How to validate a questionaire that will be used in a quantitative research, relation with Cronbach Alpha and Kuder-Richardson

De protestantse geestelijke verzorging (GV) van DJI besteedt veel aandacht aan levensvragen van gedetineerden via kerkdiensten, gesprekken en de cursus Alpha – Prisons. In de praktijk leeft bij de GV de vraag in hoeverre Alpha – Prisons adequaat inspeelt op die levensvragen. Gedetineerden leven na een …

In this research, which is part of my PhD research into the influence of the use of social media in higher education, I have lessened the amount of variables, from Tinto’s integration theory. By including only the best-proven predictive variables, based on previous studies, I avoid the capitalization …

This research paper is conducted in association with Gamebasics to identify the effects of Social media marketing activities of OSM, and to evaluate the influence of those marketing activities on customer equity and purchase intention. Gamebasics is the game developer behind Online Soccer Manager, one …

Background: Accounting for the patients’ perspective on quality of care has become increasingly important in the development of Evidence Based Medicine as well as in governmental policies. In the Netherlands the Consumer Quality (CQ) Index has been developed to measure the quality of care from the patients’ …

Background: A patient decision aid (PtDA) can support shared decision making (SDM) in preference-sensitive care, with more than one clinically applicable treatment option. The development of a PtDA is a complex process, involving several steps, such as designing, developing and testing the draft with …

OBJECTIVES: The Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) and Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) are behavioral pain assessment tools for sedated and unconscious critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to compare the reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant validation of the BPS and the …