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Obesity is a growing world wide problem. In The Netherlands, about 10% of all men and women have a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more. Obesity is a chronic, uncurable metabolic disorder, which is characterised by excessive fatstorage at unfavorable places.…
Kidney transplantation is the only treatment offering long-term benefit to patients with chronic kidney failure. Urological complications after kidney transplantation, such as urinary leakage and ureteral strictures, are associated with significant…
To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of therapies for male subfertility.
Patient education on extended anticoagulation pros and cons: a journey app in venous thromboembolism
Our hypothesis is that patients whom receive targeted information about VTE and (extended) anticoagulation treatment with the 'patient journey app' on a daily basis in the week preceding their hospital visit will be more satisfied with the…
We hypothesize that depletion of carnitine occurs during infusion of oxaliplatin, due to increased renal loss. This secondary carnitine deficiency may contribute to the development of CIPN.
We hypothesise that the diet over time has become healthier and more sustainable. Our current study was set up to (1) identify the differences in food consumption and nutritional quality over the course of 20 years in the Netherlands using the…
It is hypothesised that compared to waiting list control condition, participants in the intervention improve their diet and physical activity on the short (6 months after baseline) and long-term (12 months after baseline; when the participant…
Current standard treatments for symptomatic benign thyroid nodules (SBTN) are surgery or radioactive iodine. However, these interventions pose a risk to an otherwise healthy person. Therefore, minimally invasive alternatives have been explored.…
The CPCHILD-18+ is sufficiently tested for its psycometric characteristics to be used in clinical practice and research
1. Active sniffing decreases appetite; 2. Food choice is mainly influenced by the food odour that was perceived first.
The aim of the project is to gain insight into the effects of centralisation of polytrauma care on the quality of care. We also want to investigate the effect on the quality and quantity of regular trauma care by shifting polytrauma care from…
Patients with obesity face many health issues such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Prevalence of OSA may be as high as 70% in high-risk populations such as morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Although bariatric surgery itself has…
We hypothesize that MTX and LEF combination therapy is superior to MTX monotherapy in patients with psoriatic arthritis
The dutch language version of the PRHWE and the Quick DASH questionnaire are valid to use in patients with hand and wrist complaints
A low peak E2 during COS is considered to be safer than a high peak E2 in women with breast cancer
The absolute bioavailability of oral imatinib (Glivec®) at steady state can be calculated using LC-MS/MS after concomitant administration of a single 100 µg microdose of stable isotope labeled imatinib (imatinib-d8).
Knee OA is characterized by the presence of crepitus (knee sounds). Therefore, this device is able to record these sounds, while the subject is doing a knee movement, and screen for the presence or absence of osteoarthritis.
Since bleeding risk is high in the elderly we hypothesize that clopidogrel is superior to ticagrelor and prasugrel in terms of causing lesser bleeding events and being non inferior in net clinical benefit in patients above 75 years and CRUSADE…
The aim is to evaluate molecular assays for the detection and quantification of bacterial DNA in blood from patients with bacteraemia.
The hypothesis is that the 'Shine!' intervention will result in parents having better parenting skills and a higher self-efficacy to twice daily brush their children’s teeth, resulting in better oral hygiene and less dental caries…