Frailty is a common but complex phenomenon that is approached from theoretical and professional perspectives but rarely from the perspectives of older people and their essential stakeholders. Different or opposing perspectives on frailty at personal, organisational, and community levels can negatively …

Finnema1,2,3,8 Achtergrond: Met de vergrijzing van de bevolking neemt ook het aandeel kwetsbare ouderen toe. Als ouderen kwetsbaar worden, is er vaak ondersteuning nodig bij het zelfstandig blijven wonen. Essentieel bij het bieden van de juiste ondersteuning is om de perspectieven, behoeften en voorkeuren …

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Rationale In bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) measurements, one pair of electrodes is typically placed dorsal on the right hand (position A) and one pair on the foot. In patients with fragile skin, scars or wounds, this dorsal hand placement is not always possible. This study compares agreement …

Background: the global population is ageing. As older people become more susceptible to frailty, an increase in frailty prevalence is also expected. Although frailty has been defined before in research, older peoples’ perceptions of frailty do not always coincide with those used in research or medical …

Although Item Response Theory (IRT) has been recommended for helping advance interprofessional education (IPE) research, its use remains limited. This may be partly explained by potential misconceptions regarding IRT`s “limitation” to cross-sectional data. The aim of this study is to demonstrate how …

Rationale Bij bio-elektrische impedantieanalyse (BIA)-metingen wordt doorgaans een paar elektroden dorsaal op de rechterhand geplaatst (positie A) en een paar op de voet. Bij patiënten met kwetsbare huid, littekens of wonden is deze dorsale handplaatsing niet altijd mogelijk. Deze studie vergelijkt de …

Purpose: The Scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA©) is a validated nutritional screening, assessment, triage, and monitoring tool. The aim of this study was to perform translation, cultural adaptation, linguistic, and content validation of the translated and culturally adapted …

Introduction: Bruxism is a repetitive masticatory muscle activity that may cause substantial morbidity and reduce the quality of life in children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. Assessment methods most commonly used were caregiver reporting and dental examination, This systematic …