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The primary aim of the study is to identify breast cancer patients who experience objective and/ or subjective cognitive dysfunction one year after chemotherapy and find determinants of this cognitive dysfunction on patients' quality of life…
To investigate whether an exercise-program that takes the patient*s level of exercise-self-efficacy into account, added to regular care, is more effective compared to regular care in increase the patients level of physical activity, improve…
Effectiveness and costs of a short-stay nursing home in intervention compared with the 'regular' care to patients in end-stage Parkinson's disease.
RECODE aims to assess the (cost) effectiveness of an ICT-supported, integrated, multidisciplinary two-year treatment of COPD in primary care as compared to usual care.
The purpose of this study is aimed at the effects of early discharge from a hospital followed by adequate rehabilitation planning in a nursing home. It concerns a (cost)effective evaluation of a renewed stroke care model that was implemented in 2006…
The objective of this study is to gain insight in the effects of the triage method on the identification of children with mental or physical problems, the basic JGZ care for children age 4-12, the extra care for children with mental or physical…
Optimalisation of genetic counseling for patients with breast cancer, by also making use of other ways to provide information than the personal consultation.
The objective of this project is to investigate the (cost-) effectiveness of these tailored implementation strategies in comparison to a common used implementation strategy, in a three arm randomized trial.
The objective of this study is to find answers to the question whether breast reconstruction after (preventive) mastectomy improves quality of life and which breast reconstruction technique gives the highest quality of life for these women.…
The study aims to determine whether fitness and daily physical activity determine fatigue in patients with IBD. Therefore we will examine whether there is a relationship between fitness, daily physical activity and fatigue in these patients. It will…
In preparation of a larger RCT we aim to conduct a pilot study which investigates the feasibility of the described physical exercise program and its effects. Purpose of this study is to develop this exercise program, to test the implementation and…
To investigate the effects of dynamic ligthing in an elderly population living in a nursery home
1. To evaluate the efficacy and safety of out of hospital treatment with LMWH and Vitamin K antagonists in consecutive patients with objectively proven acute non-massive pulmonary embolism2. To perform a health economics evaluation in all patients3…
As for the equipment: various investigations will concentrate on the reliability of blood glucose measurment equipment an pumps for CSII at altitude.Furthermore, total insulin requirements, energy expenditure, and glucose curves will be closely…
The objective of this study is to provide understanding of the relation between effects of accidents (cause, type injury and sequelae) and appearance of psychopathology. It is not clear whether psychopathology that influences the quality of life in…
To investigate the effectiveness of family meetings on indicated prevention of anxiety and depressive disorders (DSM IV) and symptom levels of primary family caregivers of patients with dementia. To perform an economic evaluation alongside the trial…
In this part of the project we use two 'categories' of test outcomes: false positives and positive test results for a metabolic disease that was not tested. Objectives of the study are to evaluate these categories of test outcomes by…
To quantify the impact of the use of the HEART risk score on patient outcome (major adverse cardiac events(MACE) and quality of life) and on costs in patients with chest pain presenting at the emergency room.
To evaluate the effect of CP in the Dutch setting on psychosocial- and health outcomes (concerning the pregnancy) and the success of implementation of CP (including a costanalysis)
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led stepped-care program for depression among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and/or coronary heart disease and subtresshold depression in comparison with usual care.