Client diversity and participation, shared decision-making and increasing demands for impact in health care lead to more complexity in occupational therapy (OT) practice. Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) can assist OTs in making conscientious and evidence-informed decisions in complex care. Giving …

Aims and objective To estimate the increased care demand and medical costs caused by falls in nursing homes. Background There is compelling evidence that falls in nursing homes are preventable. However, proper implementation of evidence‐based guidelines to prevent falls is often hindered by insufficient …

Purpose : A structured, tailored exercise therapy strategy was found to significantly improve physical functioning, reduce pain and was safe for patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and severe comorbidity. The intervention was performed in a specialized, secondary care center. Before the intervention …

In deze workshop wordt een interventiemethodiek gedemonstreerd die binnen de context van honoursonderwijs ontwikkeld is om bottum-up onderwijsinnovaties te verspreiden. Hierbij worden de principes van data-based decision making toegepast. Deze methode is geschikt voor het verspreiden van alle vormen …

This dissertation describes a research project about the communication between communication vulnerable people and health care professionals in long-term care settings. Communication vulnerable people experience functional communication difficulties in particular situations, due to medical conditions. …

How to create personas to improve designs for behaviour change strategies in the public domain? Three recent cases illustrate lessons learnt and challenges encountered during persona development in the public domain. Personas were helpful to gain insight into diversity within a target group, to create …