Support for relatives is highly important in the intensive care unit (ICU). During the first COVID-19 wave support for relatives had to be changed considerably. The alternative support could have decreased the quality and sense of support. We aimed to evaluate how support for relatives in Dutch ICUs …

Background: Owing to demographic trends and increasing health care costs, quick discharge with geriatric rehabilitation at home is advised and recommended for older adults. Telerehabilitation has been identified as a promising tool to support rehabilitation at home. However, there is insufficient knowledge …

The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly affected all aspects of our daily lives worldwide. Each country on the planet has set its measures to protect and restrict the freedom of the individual to be protected. In this context, distance work and education have been significantly utilized. However, several studies …

Live music is of great value in the lives of many. Even in today’s age of unlimited access to digital music, the appetite for live performance is only increasing. In fact, the years preceding the pandemic in 2020 can be regarded as the best for live pop music in terms of the number of gigs, audience …

Objectives: People with intellectual disabilities are more vulnerable to and experience mental health concerns at a higher incidence than their peers without intellectual disabilities. This may be directly related to the aetiology of their intellectual disability but also occur because of negative psychological …

The aim of this analysis was to compare ventilation management and outcomes in invasively ventilated patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between the first and second wave in the Netherlands. This is a post hoc analysis of two nationwide observational …

The closing of schools and sports clubs during theCOVID-19 lockdown raised questions about thepossible impact on children’s motor skilldevelopment. Therefore we compared motorcompetence development over a one-year periodamong four different cohorts of primary schoolchildren. A total of 992 children from …

The world is rapidly changing because of ecological, social, geopolitical changes and digital transformation. For example, the global pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation and encouraged more online learning and working. Furthermore, reducing the speed of climate change is one of the major …

Due to various lockdowns during the pandemic, the hospitality industry in the Netherlands experienced a shrinkage (CBS, 2021). This had an effect on the entire supply chain, including on the entire alcoholic sector, and the distilled sector in particular (Slijtersvakblad, 2022). Worldwide, the market …

An interview-study of 18 senior professionals in the Netherlands and the UK exploring how professionals in senior positions perceive (team) collaboration in the public sector and how they manage collaboration in a fast evolving, post-pandemic world of digital transformation. Framed by team theory and …