Background: Diabetes mellitus is considered the fifth in the top five causes of noncommunicable disease related deaths in the world. Treatment ranges from lifestyle changes to medication. Intermittent fasting (IF) shows glucose lowering results in rats and might be a possibility for human therapy. Objectives: …

Achtergrond: Eetproblemen in de topsport is een onderwerp aan de schaduwzijde van de medaille. Eetproblemen komen vaker voor onder de topsport uitvoerende bevolking dan onder de gewone bevolking. Topsport is dan ook balanceren op een dun randje. Uit eerder onderzoek blijkt dat eetstoornissen veel voorkomen …

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 …

Background: Online contacts with a health professional have the potential to support family caregivers of people with dementia. Objective: The goal of the research was to study the effects of an online self-management support intervention in helping family caregivers deal with behavior changes of …

Objective: The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) is a self-report user-friendly questionnaire for assessing multidimensional frailty among community-dwelling older people. The main aim of this study is to re-evaluate the validity of the TFI, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, focusing on the predictive …

Artikel proefschrift Jos Dobber verschenen in Frontiers in Psychiatry 24 maart 2020: Background: Trials studying Motivational Interviewing (MI) to improve medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia showed mixed results. Moreover, it is unknown which active MI-ingredients are associated with …

Background: Infantile hereditary proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1 is characterized by onset in the first 6 months of life and severe and progressive muscle weakness. Dysphagia is a common complication but has not been studied in detail. Objective: To study feeding and swallowing problems …

The purpose of this paper is to research why the implementation of UNSCR (2000) on taking a stand for Women, Peace, and Security by the Netherlands and Italy has failed to provide the desired results. In order to address this question, different research methods were chosen. The choice has been to only …

Beweeginterventies tijdens en na de behandeling van kanker zijn vrij gebruikelijk, maar bij patiënten met uitgezaaide kanker bestaat er terughoudendheid. Artsen en verpleegkundigen verwijzen patiënten met een zwakker gestel of comorbiditeit niet vaak door. Onterecht, want juist minder fitte patiënten …

Dit basisboek voor oefentherapie geeft beginnende fysiotherapeuten praktische richtlijnen om cliënten in beweging te brengen en te houden. Het boek is overzichtelijk en helpt om je de vaardigheden rond beweegagogiek eigen te maken en te onderbouwen met theoretische kaders en literatuur. Jouw cliënt …