Objectives: Perceived barriers are often a reason why people do not start physical activity or relapse to inactivity. From a psychological perspective, barriers can be seen as beliefs about what is obstructing people’s behavior. To understand inactivity and relapse from physical activity, this study …

This research paper is conducted in association with Gamebasics to identify the effects of Social media marketing activities of OSM, and to evaluate the influence of those marketing activities on customer equity and purchase intention. Gamebasics is the game developer behind Online Soccer Manager, one …

Background: Accounting for the patients’ perspective on quality of care has become increasingly important in the development of Evidence Based Medicine as well as in governmental policies. In the Netherlands the Consumer Quality (CQ) Index has been developed to measure the quality of care from the patients’ …

Background: A patient decision aid (PtDA) can support shared decision making (SDM) in preference-sensitive care, with more than one clinically applicable treatment option. The development of a PtDA is a complex process, involving several steps, such as designing, developing and testing the draft with …

OBJECTIVES: The Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) and Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) are behavioral pain assessment tools for sedated and unconscious critically ill patients. The aim of this study was to compare the reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant validation of the BPS and the …

INTRODUCTION: Integrated care is considered to be a means to reduce costs, improve the quality of care and generate better patient outcomes. At present, little is known about integrated care in maternity care systems. We developed questionnaires to examine integrated care in two different settings, using …

Systeemgericht werken is een methodiek die in hulpverlenersland steeds meer toegepast wordt. Maar hoe doe je dat nou? Wanneer werk je systeemgericht en wat vraagt deze methodiek van de hulpverleners? Dit zijn vragen waar het Dr. Leo Kannerhuis ook mee speelt. Om deze reden is een onderzoek opgezet voor …

OBJECTIVES: The INTERMED Self-Assessment questionnaire (IMSA) was developed as an alternative to the observer-rated INTERMED (IM) to assess biopsychosocial complexity and health care needs. We studied feasibility, reliability and validity of the IMSA within a large and heterogeneous international sample …

AANLEIDING: Volgens verschillende onderzoeken kan de medicatieveiligheid verbeterd worden. Er worden regelmatig fouten gemaakt. Alle medicatiefouten dienen gemeld te worden bij de Centrale Medicatiefouten Registratie (CMR). Een aantal van de veel voorkomende fouten is het gereedmaken van een verkeerde …

De Alpha-cursus speelt een belangrijke rol in het Nederlandse missionaire werkveld. Wat is zijn invloed op cursisten in het postmoderne Nederland? En hoe kan deze invloed worden vergroot? Het literatuuronderzoek en het enquêteonderzoek onder zowel cursisten als cursusleiders laat zien dat de cursus bij …