21 results
Purpose of the study is to investigate neurocognitive and behavioral development in children of morthers with epilepsy, primary school age, and who were exposed to anti-epileptic drugs in utero. Primary research questions are: 1. what is the nature…
To systematically unravel the complex victimhood of refugee mothers and their children, and to discern whether children born from sexual violence face even greater challenges. This information will be used to develop resources for professionals…
Primary objective: To assess the influence of the addition of rinsing with a 0.05% chlorhexidine-containing solution to usual daily oral hygiene care on the incidence of pneumonia in physically-impaired care home residents with dysphagia.Secondary…
The purpose of the project is a) to examine evidence-based instruments (DFSI, ASQ:(SE) and ITSEA) in the Netherlands in practices of midwives and within the system of health care and b) to gain more insight into the role of specific risk- and…
Main objectives are first; to explore the reversibility of restrictions and the importance-participation gaps when AS patients with a high disease activity are treated with anti-TNF-α (adalimumab). Second, to explore the effect of anti-TNF-α (…
This study tries to operationialize the construct of resiliency in young refugees and studies its significance in coping with the sometimes very serious consequences of war and migration from a psychological overarching framework. The project aims…
The primary objective of the study is to determine whether exercise training exerts a long term effect on maximal exercise capacity, clinical events, sports participation, serum NT-proBNP and quality of life in adults with a systemic right ventricle…
The overall goal of this research is building a nursing intervention. The primary objective is to identify the level of distress and correlations with the extent of caregiver burden during a patients* manic episode, and other stress/coping variables…
The aim of this study is to describe and learn more about parenting attitudes, laxness and overreactivity, the ability to set limits and parenting stress in fathers and mothers of children born preterm at the age of 5 to 7. Hypotheses will be tested…
We want to answer following research questions: 1. Is there a difference in physical fitness in children with DCD (age 7-12 years) compared to healthy peers? 2. Is there a relationship between physical fitness and activity/participation and is this…
The objective is this study is fourfold: (1) The primary objective is the (construct-) validation of the SCM-typology. (2) A second objective is to explore the idiographic narrative assessment of depression.(3) A third objective is to explore the…
To examine whether providing feedback to patients immediately after scoring in a non-valid range on a SVT would have an impact on subsequent symptom validity and neuropsychological test performance. Furthermore, we examine treatment-outcome as a…
The primary objectives of this study are:1. To assess the amount of physical activity of acutely hospitalized elderly *70 years during hospitalization and to create reference values regarding the amount of time patients are standing and walking per…
Victims of IPV, living in an unsafe and unhealthy situation, are faced with a broad range of physical and emotional symptoms. Standard and easy-accessible care to facilitate change into a safer situation is lacking. The project aims to launch an…
Victims of IPV, living in an unsafe and unhealthy situation, are faced with a broad range of physical and emotional symptoms. Standard and easy-accessible care to facilitate change into a safer situation is lacking. The project aims to launch an…
1. To investigate the glucose and insulin responses after the MTT enriched with labelled glucose early (12-16 weeks), mid pregnancy (24-28 weeks) and postpartum (3 months) 2. Compare the MTT results with the standard OGTT testing at 24-28 weeks (in…
Primary objective: to determine the association between social and cognitive performance of preterm-born young adults and their early motor repertoire up to 3 months after term. Secondary objective: to describe the social and cognitive functioning…
The impact of communication possibilities on psychosocial difficulties in children with hearing loss
The primary objective of this study is to determine the effect of specific communicative abilities (speech recognition in noise; vocal emotion recognition and emotion expression) in children with hearing loss on their psychological (emotional and…
The main objective is to assess the effects of environmental pollution risk factors on bone health in-vivo in patients with osteoporotic fractures. We hypothesize that higher levels of heavy metals, particularly lead, are detectable in some patients…
The purpose of the study is to systematically document the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse in infants and very young children and the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of the abuse, including the effects of the persistence of pornographic…