Human Digital Twins zijn een opkomend type Digital Twin dat in de gezondheidszorg wordt gebruikt om persoonlijke ondersteuning te bieden. In navolging van deze trend zijn we van plan om onze virtuele fitnesscoach, een coachingplatform dat gebruikmaakt van draagbare gegevens over fysieke activiteit, naar …

Stress en prestatiedruk vormen een groeiende zorg onder studenten. In dit afstudeeronderzoek is onderzocht of Virtual Reality-paardencoaching een vergelijkbaar effect heeft op de fysiologische en psychologische stressbeleving als fysieke paardencoaching. Metingen bestonden uit hartslagvariabiliteit (RMSSD), …

BACKGROUND: The mainstay of colorectal cancer care is surgical resection, which carries a significant risk of complications. Efforts to improve outcomes have recently focused on intensive multimodal prehabilitation programs to better prepare patients for surgery, which make the perioperative process …

Objectives: Emotional eating is recognized as a potential contributor to weight gain. Emotional eaters often hide their problems because of feelings of shame about their behavior, making it challenging to provide them with the necessary support. The introduction of a virtual coach might offer a potential …

Obesity is a complex problem worldwide. This chronic condition has many different causes. One of them is emotional eating. In about 40% of overweight people, emotional eating plays a major role. Emotional eating is the tendency to (over)eat in response to negative emotions such as stress or irritability. …

Nowadays, one of the major current health risks is excessive sitting during work hours. Furthermore, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the corresponding government state of emergency forced many people to work from home. These constraints carried out an important change in the lifestyle …

Obesity is a fast-growing societal threat, causing chronic conditions, physical and psychological health problems, as well as sickness absence and heavy healthcare costs. Despite numerous attempts to promote physical activity and healthy diet, existing interventions do not focus on the common emotional …