BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with COVID-19 severity in clinical settings. No general population-based studies on the association between actual frailty status and COVID-19 hospitalization are available. AIMS: To investigate the association between frailty and the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Diagnosed prevalence of malnutrition and dietary intake are currently unknown in patients with severe aortic stenosis planned to undergo Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI). This study describes the preprocedural nutritional status, protein intake and diet quality. METHODS: …

Currently, there is no method available that can systematically score the available ecosystem services in streets or street segments in suburban districts. In this study, different climate adaptation measures and their ecosystem services were categorized into green, blue, and grey categories and weight …

BACKGROUND: Findings on the association between early high protein provision and mortality in ICU patients are inconsistent. The relation between early high protein provision and mortality in patients receiving CRRT remains unclear. The aim was to study the association between early high protein provision …

Background Objective gait analysis that fully captures the multi-segmental foot movement of a clubfoot may help in early identification of a relapse clubfoot. Unfortunately, this type of objective measure is still lacking in a clinical setting and it is unknown how it relates to clinical assessment. Research …

The current food environment in The Netherlands is considered obesogenic. Eighty percent of the products in supermarkets are unhealthy. The Wheel of Five is the well-established, science-based Dutch food-based dietary guideline (FBDG) developed to stimulate healthier choices. In addition, simple directions …

AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: To explore differences in nurses' attitudes regarding the importance of family in nursing care and factors associated with nurses' attitudes across 11 European countries. BACKGROUND: Family involvement in healthcare has received attention in many European healthcare systems. Nurses …

Inleiding Afasie is een verworven taalstoornis die wordt veroorzaakt door focaal hersenletsel in het complexe netwerk van structuren in de hersenen, welke betrokken zijn bij taalprocessen. Afasie wordt gezien als één van de meest beperkende gevolgen na een beroerte. Binnen het revalidatietraject staat …

North Sea Port heeft samen met een groot aantal stakeholders in de regio het project Rail Ghent-Terneuzen in gang gezet. Een onderdeel binnen het project is de Zuidoostboog nabij de Sluiskilbrug. De nieuw aan te leggen spoorboog kruist het tracé van de Sluiskiltunnel, uit vooronderzoek blijkt dat de …

Achtergrond: Onder het verpleegkundig team van de post Intensive-Care/High-Care (IC/HC)-neonatologieafdeling van het Deventer Ziekenhuis (DZ) heerst het gevoel dat de complexiteit van zorg is toegenomen en de verpleegkundige activiteiten zijn veranderd. Er is geen inzicht in de verpleegkundige werklast …