Background: A growing number of mobile health (mHealth) technology–based apps are being developed for personal lifestyle and medical health care support, of which several apps are related to pregnancy. Evidence on usability and effectiveness is limited but crucial for successful implementation. Objective: …

BACKGROUND: The number of mobile apps that support smoking cessation is growing, indicating the potential of the mobile phone as a means to support cessation. Knowledge about the potential end users for cessation apps results in suggestions to target potential user groups in a dissemination strategy, …

Dit onderzoek gaat over gebruikerservaringen, het gaat ook over roken en het gaat over stoppen met roken. Dat laatste is voor veel gebruikers blijkbaar moeilijk en daarom wordt op verschillende manieren ondersteuning geboden aan mensen die willen stoppen met roken. Een daarvan is Blended Smoking Cessation …

BACKGROUND: Among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), improvement of lifestyle-related risk factors (LRFs) reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, modification of LRFs is highly challenging. OBJECTIVES: This study sought to evaluate the impact of combining community-based lifestyle …

Medisch Spectrum Twente is in samenwerking met Tactus Verslavingszorg een geprotocolleerde face-to-face behandeling verder gaan ontwikkelen naar een blended-care interventie, gericht op stoppen met roken: Blended Smoking Cessation Treatment. Met ondersteuning van Universiteit Twente en Saxion Hogeschool. …

Het onderzoek gaat over de gebruikservaringen van patiënten en counselors van de Blended Smoking Cessation Treatment. De Blended Smoking Cessation Treatment is een behandeling in het Medisch Spectrum Twente voor het stoppen met roken waarbij face-to-face behandelingen worden gecombineerd met online behandelingen. …

Little is known about which self-management behaviors have the highest potential to influence exacerbation impact in COPD patients. We aimed to reach expert consensus on the most relevant set of self-management behaviors that can be targeted and influenced to maximize reduction of exacerbation impact. Materials …

Introduction: Subfertility is a growing problem in The Netherlands. Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) are applied to aid subfertile couples conceiving. The EmbryoScope is a novel incubator, used in ART, to cultivate embryos under optimal conditions. The EmbryoScope provides time lapse images, which …

OBJECTIVE: Secondary prevention is an important part of cardiovascular risk management. Since 1996, an inventory of cardiovascular risk factors and their treatment has been carried out periodically among patients with coronary heart disease within the framework of the European Action on Secondary Prevention …