The primary objective of this article is to study whether an assessment instrument specifically designed to assess speech motor control on word level productions would be able to add differential diagnostic speech characteristics between people who clutter and people who stutter. It was hypothesized …

In critically ill patients, delirium is a serious and frequent disorder that is associated with a prolonged intensive care and hospital stay and an increased morbidity and mortality. Without the use of a delirium screening instrument, delirium is often missed by ICU nurses and physicians. The effects …

Tot op heden bestond er geen onderzoeksinstrument dat betrouwbaar differentieert tussen broddelende en stotterende clienten. Een door de eerste auteur ontwikkelde test voor spraakmotorische controle op woordniveau is genormeerd en gevalideerd voor broddelende, stotterende sprekers en controles. Dit unieke …

BACKGROUND: Delirium is a frequent form of psychopathology in elderly hospitalized patients; it is a symptom of acute somatic illness. The consequences of delirium include high morbidity and mortality, lengthened hospital stay, and nursing home placement. Early recognition of delirium symptoms enables …

Aims and objectives: To determine a valid, reliable and clinical userfriendly instrument, based on predictors of functional decline, to identify older patients at risk for functional decline. The predictors of functional decline are initially considered and, subsequently, the characteristics and psychometric …

PURPOSE: To scale language milestones in a group of 527 children to provide an instrument for screening language development. Procedure The questionnaire regarding these milestones was completed by parental report. It was evaluated whether the scaled milestones satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken …

Als onderwerp heb ik de taal- spraakontwikkeling van het jonge kind gekozen. Vanaf het moment van de aanwezigheid van het kind is er sprake van communicatie, zowel verbaal als non-verbaal. Van een jeugdverpleegkundige wordt verlangd dat zij in staat is om, tijdens de contactmomenten met het kind en de …

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