The increase of people living with chronic conditions has compelled society to develop and implement strategies that promote collaboration between patients and healthcare professionals, and which provide the patients with an active role in their care. In order to accomplish this, the World Health Organization, …

The critical care community still has mixed feelings when considering the optimal nutrition of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, which is understandable as randomized controlled trials have not been very helpful in improving clinical practice. There have been no randomized controlled trials (RCTs) …

Many people face the challenge of combining (severe) mental illness (SMI) with parental tasks. From the perspective of personal recovery it is important to understand more about the meaning of the strategies parents can develop to deal with the challenges and vulnerabilities that a mental illness may …

Ouderschap van ouders met psychische aandoeningen lijkt onvoldoende bespreekbaar te zijn, terwijl ongeveer de helft van de cliënten in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg kinderen heeft. Weliswaar weten hulpverleners sinds enkele jaren, in ieder geval door de verplichte kind-check, of cliënten kinderen hebben, …

Introduction: The ketogenic diet can be used for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. This is a high fat, low protein and carbohydrate diet. There has been little research into the ketogenic diet for children under the age of 2. For infants it is expected that, due to development combined with frequent …

In the literature, illness perceptions have been reported to be important psychological factors associated with pain intensity and physical function in individuals with musculoskeletal pain. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship of illness perceptions with pain intensity and physical …

Background: Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disorder and the standard treatment is replacement therapy with levothyroxine (LT4). Although many hypothyroid patients improve upon treatment with LT4, a proportion seems to experience residual hypothyroid complaints despite treatment, even when plasma …

Background: Medically unexplained physical symptoms are an important health problem in primary care, with a spectrum from mild to chronic. The burden of chronic medically unexplained physical symptoms is substantial for patients, health care professionals, and society. Therefore, early identification …