Obesity, especially morbid obesity, is a major health problem with considerable impact on physical, mental and social quality of life. Assessment of quality of life is considered crucial to understand and evaluate the consequences of obesity. However, the heterogeneity of the quality of life concept …

In our center we encounter serious problems with a number young adult (18- 25yrs) renal transplant recipients that are non-compliant to the medication regime. This could well be one of the reasons for the significantly worse unadjusted 10 years kidney graft survival in this patient group compared to …

During several internships by the researcher of this study, the researcher discovered through personal experiences that there is a big diversity in the level of motor skills of the students. The goal of this theoretical part of this study is to get insight in what motor development is and how it is testable …

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Doel: De doelstelling van dit onderzoek is een overzicht te krijgen van de stand van zaken betreffende de communicatie tussen fysiotherapeuten en huisartsen in de regio Eindhoven, voor- en na invoering van Directe toegankelijkheid Fysiotherapie (DTF) De volgende vraagstelling wordt beantwoord: Is de …

Doel en onderzoeksvraag: In dit afstudeerverslag is een pilotonderzoek omschreven. Dit onderzoek richtte zich op de vraag: Wat is de meerwaarde van fysiotherapie met positieve psychologische interventies, die door een basisfysiotherapeut kan worden gegeven, op pijngewaarwording, pijnbeleving, pijngedrag …

In order to overcome cancer-related problems and to improve quality of life, an intensive multi-focus rehabilitation programme for cancer patients was developed. We hypothesised that this six-week intensive rehabilitation programme would result in physiological improvements and improvement in quality …

OBJECTIVES: To fit a model which describes the complex interaction between various work-related factors and both musculoskeletal and psychosomatic complaints of nurses simultaneously and to compare the results with those of two LISREL models, in which the health outcome variables are analyzed separately …

A first step in planning health promotion with respect to mental health is analysing the factors that influence mental health. Diagnosis of the relevant variables may contribute to the design of effective health promotion programmes. In this paper the relationship between psychosocial factors and mental …