This cross-cultural study examines the relationship between perceived COVID-19 changes due to the impacts on everyday life by the pandemic with social exclusion and across 32 cultures and their levels in collectivism. With data from the start of the first outbreak from March 2020 to June 2020 (N = 9245), …

Pregnancy can be challenging for women as they experience various physical, psychological, and social changes that can lead to stress and potential mental health concerns. Being neglected in the long-term, sustained stress can increase the likelihood of postpartum depression, which can have significant …

Anxiety among pregnant women can significantly impact their overall well-being. However, the development of data-driven HCI interventions for this demographic is often hindered by data scarcity and collection challenges. In this study, we leverage the Empatica E4 wristband to gather physiological data …

We designed a wine recommendation robot and deployed it in a small supermarket. In a study aimed to evaluate our design we found that people with no intent to buy wine were interacting with the robot rather than the intended audience of wine-buying customers. Behavioural data, moreover, suggests a very …

Het project ZEEMOS is zijn derde en laatste jaar ingegaan. HZ University of Applied Sciences voert samen met Stichting Zeeschelp en een 4 tal zeewier- (Veersche Wier en Dutch Seaweed Group) en mosselhangcultuur (van der Kreeke en Delisia) bedrijven dit project uit. ZEEMOS richt zich op de combinatie …

Abstract: Self-management interventions (SMIs) may fail if they misalign with the local context. To optimize the implementation of SMIs in Chinese people with chronic lung disease (CLD), the local context was identified in Chinese primary care (PC) and secondary care (SC). A mixed-method study using …

Abstract: Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma have a high prevalence and disease burden. Blended self-management interventions, which combine eHealth with face-to-face interventions, can help reduce the disease burden. Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis …

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence of multidimensional frailty in older people with hypertension and to examine a possible relationship of general obesity and abdominal obesity to frailty in older people with hypertension. Patients and Methods: A sample of 995 community-dwelling older people with …

Bijna 75% van de Nederlandse studenten in de leeftijd van 17 tot 25 jaar geeft aan geregeld emotioneel uitgeput te zijn, wat een van de meest voorkomende klassieke symptomen is van een burn-out (Dopmeijer, 2017). Waar concrete cijfers ontbreken over burn-out bij studenten is het percentage studenten …

This project is mainly about how to recover the legacy system, Indoor Positioning System, from lack-of-maintain state to a healthy state.