PURPOSE: Both malnutrition and frailty are associated with adverse treatment outcomes. Malnutrition (risk) and frailty are each commonly present in patients with head and neck cancer (HNC). However, their coexistence and association is unknown. Main goal of this study is to determine the coexistence …

Background : The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is widely used to screen for psychosocial problems among adolescents. As the severity of such problems is known to be related to age and gender, screening could be improved by interpreting SDQ scale scores with age-specific and perhaps gender-specific …

Twenty years ago, ESPEN published its “Guidelines for nutritional screening 2002”, with the note that these guidelines were based on the evidence available until 2002, and that they needed to be updated and adapted to current state of knowledge in the future. Twenty years have passed, and tremendous …

Purpose This study investigates patients’ experiences of interaction with their healthcare professionals (HCPs) during cancer treatment and identifies elements that HCPs can utilize to improve cancer care provision. Methods PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SCOPUS, and Embase were systematically searched for …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: High-velocity low-amplitude thrust spinal manipulation (SM) is a recommended and commonly used manual therapy intervention in physiotherapy. Beliefs surrounding the safety and effectiveness of SM have challenged its use, and even advocated for its abandonment. Our study aimed …

Background Objective gait analysis that fully captures the multi-segmental foot movement of a clubfoot may help in early identification of a relapse clubfoot. Unfortunately, this type of objective measure is still lacking in a clinical setting and it is unknown how it relates to clinical assessment. Research …

Introduction: Diagnosing dementia in people with severe/profound intellectual (and multiple) disabilities (SPI(M)D) is complex. Whereas existing dementia screening instruments as a whole are unsuitable for this population, a number of individual items may apply. Therefore, this study aimed to identify …

Het doel van dit onderzoek was om de meetkwaliteiten van de Organisatie Immoraliteitsscan (OIS) te onderzoeken. De OIS is een nieuw screener-instrument met een afkappunt dat is ontwikkeld om organisaties te helpen met het signaleren van immoraliteit binnen de organisatie.

Schouderpijn vormt een veelvoorkomend musculoskeletaal probleem binnen de Nederlandse maatschappij. In 50-85% van alle schouderpijnklachten is er sprake van rotator cuff gerelateerde schouderpijn (RCRSP). RCRSP kent veel factoren die bijdragen aan het ontstaan en onderhouden van schouderklachten. Om …

Serious games are increasingly used in education and training of healthcare professionals. However, it remains unclear how evaluation of intended results in terms of gained knowledge, skills or behavior can be taken into account during development. To gain insights we conducted a scoping review. After …