The purpose of this study is to investigate the validity of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI-2) as a screening tool for selecting candidates with the potential for adjusting to Chinese army life and for detecting recruits with psychological problems. The unique military environment …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine how physical therapists are taking cognizance of psychomotor therapy. Theoretical border: Psychomotor therapy is a treatment for patients with psychological problems targeting body experience and behavioral changes. Physical therapy is aplied when patients …

Prostate cancer (PCA) has the highest prevalence for men in the western world. Besides general symptoms, these patients experience specific problems like erectyle dysfunction and urinary incontinence, which occur after treatment and may result in feelings of distress. PCA patients express a need for …

Identifying factors that predict health-related quality of life (QOL) following hematopoietic SCT, is important in estimating patients’ abilities to adjust to the consequences of their disease and treatment. As the studies that have been published on this subject are scattered, the present study aimed …

The purpose of this study was to describe the care needs of adult traumatized refugees and asylum seekers. DESIGN AND METHODS.  A mixed-methods design was used. A survey was conducted using the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) among 30 patients. Semistructured in-depth interviews were subsequently …

As a practitioner, a manager and a scientist in social work for 40 years, I am still intrigued by the social work positioning and legitimating processes. Its recognition by users and financiers is often diffuse and its fragmentation sometimes hinders effective interventions. In social work itself, …

With the expanding participation of the armed forces in international operations, service members and their families are experiencing more military deployments. The frequent and lengthy separations and the risks involved can affect the well-­ being of service members and their families in diverse ways. …

Alteya is a small, private, Bulgarian company which was founded in 1999. Its high quality products are certified by many different international organizations. It manufactures products based on lavender and rose oils such as pure essential oils, cosmetics, perfumes etc. Alteya sells them via e-commerce …

Within a study on ‘musicians as lifelong learners’, explorative biographical research was used. When analysing the learning biographies informed by grounded theory, the emergence of profession-related health issues was striking. More than half of the portrayed musicians suffered from both physical and …

Doel Obesitas vormt een wereldwijd probleem. Het is aannemelijk dat de stijgende prevalentie van obesitas vooral moet worden toegeschreven aan een toenemende bewegingsarmoede in combinatie met een relatieve overconsumptie van voedingsmiddelen. Bestaande bewegingsprogramma's worden door personen met obesitas …