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Background: Marital status is associated with prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the influence of partners on successful modification of lifestyle-related risk factors (LRFs) in secondary CVD prevention is unclear. Therefore, we studied the association between the presence …

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Background Measuring nursing interventions and nurse-sensitive outcomes in a standardized manner is essential because it provides insight into the quality of delivered care. However, there is currently no systematic overview of the interventions conducted by district nurses, the evidence for the effects …

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Background: During hospitalization patients frequently have a low level of physical activity, which is an important risk factor for functional decline. Function Focused Care (FFC) is an evidencebased intervention developed in the United States to prevent functional decline in older patients. Within FFC, …

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Het doel van het onderzoek is het ontwikkelen van een beleidsmatige en financieel haalbare interventie gericht op het vergroten de integrale samenwerking tussen gemeentelijke professionals zodat de maatschappelijke participatie van Zwolse jongeren tussen 16 en 27 jaar vergroot. De fasen van het Precede-Proceed-model …

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Fysieke winkels zetten in toenemende mate service robots in als innovatieve technologie om hun dienstverlening te verbeteren. Dit onderzoek onderzoekt hoe consumenten de inzet van een humanoïde robot (Pepper) ervaren wanneer deze hen welkom heet en de weg wijst. Uit een quasi-experimentele video-studie …