Background In a global effort to design better hospital buildings for people and organizations, some design principles are still surrounded by great mystery. The aim of this online study was to compare anxiety in an existing single-bed inpatient hospital room with three redesigns of this room in accordance …

Met alle maatschappelijke weerstand tegen ‘verdozing’ van het Nederlandse landschap, verwacht men een halt op de ontwikkeling van logistiek vastgoed. Echter, het opslagvolume voor stilstaande goederen blijft toenemen en de vraag naar de redelijkheid daarvan dient zich op. Aangezien deze - min of meer …

Grooms play a vital role in the equestrian sector, providing horses with expert care. Yet the grooming industry is finding itself amid continued outflow of experienced staff due to poor working conditions, insufficient remuneration, and lack of respect towards the profession. In 2022, four high-profile …

Objective To develop sets of core and optional recommended domains for describing and evaluating Osteoarthritis Management Programs (OAMPs), with a focus on hip and knee Osteoarthritis (OA). Design We conducted a 3-round modified Delphi survey involving an international group of researchers, health professionals, …

The aim of this study was to describe patients' experiences of, and preferences for, surgical wound care discharge education and how these experiences predicted their ability to self-manage their surgical wounds. A telephone survey of 270 surgical patients was conducted across two hospitals two weeks …

Innovation Lab: unique collaboration between Hanze University and Prison Veenhuizen Uitleg en vervolg op de Prison Achievement Award

Robots are increasingly used in a variety of work environments, but surprisingly little attention has been paid to how robots change work. In this comparative case study, we explore how robotization changed the work design of order pickers and order packers in eight logistic warehouses. We found that …

Cooperation is more likely when individuals can choose their interaction partner. However, partner choice may be detrimental in unequal societies, in which individuals differ in available resources and productivity, and thus in their attractiveness as interaction partners. Here we experimentally examine …

Interview met Sander Hilberink in Ontregel de zorg, winter 2022 - nieuwsbrief van het ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport. Vanuit het programma Ontregel de Zorg helpen we zorginstellingen en –professionals om regeldruk aan te pakken. We zijn er namelijk van overtuigd dat door minder administratieve …