Physician assistants (PAs) were introduced in the Netherlands in 2002 and are now widely deployed. However, little is known about patient satisfaction with Dutch PAs. A comparative study of patient satisfaction was undertaken in the primary care setting. Patients seen by general practitioners (GPs) and …

Poster presentation. There still is little empirical evidence on factors that influence GPs’ referral behavior to lifestyle interventions. The aim was to explore 1) GPs´ motivation to refer to lifestyle interventions and to investigate the association between GPs’ own lifestyle-behaviors and their referral …

Background: Increasingly, nurse practitioners (NPs) are deployed in teams along with general practitioners (GPs) to help meet the demand for out-of-hours care. The purpose of this study was to explore factors influencing collaboration between GPs and NPs in teams working out-of-hours. Methods: A descriptive …

Aim: To explore 1) GPs´ motivation to refer to lifestyle interventions and to investigate the association between GPs’ own lifestyle-behaviors and their referral behavior, and 2) patient indicators in the decision-making process of the GPs’ referral to lifestyle interventions. Method: A cross-sectional …

Dit artikel schetst een overzicht van de huidige stand van zaken omtrent beweging en zitgedrag bij basisschoolleerlingen in Nederland gebaseerd op de combinatie van GPS en accelerometrie. Tevens wordt aan de hand van een praktijkinterventie suggesties gedaan hoe beweegstimulering bij basisschoolleerlingen …

The aim of the current study was twofold: (1) to validate the use of action sport cameras for quantifying focus of visual attention in sailing and (2) to apply this method to examine whether an external focus of attention is associated with better performance in upwind sailing. To test the validity of …

In dit onderzoek is bestudeerd welke factoren van invloed zijn op het beweeg- en speelgedrag van kinderen in de leeftijd van 10 tot 12 jaar en dan met name bij het bezoek aan speelplaatsen in de omgeving. Van drie basisscholen in ’s-Hertogenbosch, EC ’t Sparrenbos, BS de bron en Montessori Merlijn, hebben …

In de praktijk is (kwalitatief) onderzoek gedaan naar welke aspecten van belang zijn bij het vormgeven van de balans tussen het begeleiden en controleren van cliënten die zijn aangesloten op een GPS-enkelband in het reclasseringstoezicht. Met dit onderzoek is getracht te achterhalen of in de huidige …

Background: The purpose of this study is to increase our understanding of environmental correlates that are associated with route choice during active transportation to school (ATS) by comparing characteristics of actual walking and cycling routes between home and school with the shortest possible route …