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The aim of the study is to expand an existing infrastructure for scientific research, i.e. a longitudinal observational study, for investigating physical, emotional, cognitive and social trajectories of functioning, their determinants and their…
Primary Objective: To measure cortical spreading depression with full-band EEG during the migraine attack at patients aged 4 years or older. Secondary Objective(s): -To explore (additional) signal analysis techniques for detecting CSDs or infra slow…
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…
Primairy objective: To investigate whether the sympathetic stimulation of BAT, as assessed with a MIBG SPECT-CT scan, differs between young and elderly subjects.Secondary Objectives: 1) To investigate whether the slope of the correlation between…
The primary objective is to study the effects of the inflammatory response to a surgical procedure on postoperative cognitive decline in elderly cancer patients and to compare this to the effects of the inflammatory response on postoperative…
The proposed study has 2 main aims: 1) Understanding the complex interplay of determinants of parenting and examining how specific parenting styles explain associations between parent characteristics (such as personality or mental and physical (ill…
Based on the theoretical framework of belonging regulation and the absence of knowledge on gene processes related to mechanisms that could enhance social inclusion in adolescence, the aim of the present study is to examine interindividual…
The aim of this study is to investigate whether cognitive development, medical consultation patterns and genotype are predictive factors for the development of psychopathology in early adolescents and in what proportion they contribute.
- define and validate indexes, based on body acceleration, related with quality of movement and quality of sleep for daily life monitoring,- cross-sectional study of relations of these indexes with age,- longitudinal study of the effect of physical…
To assess the effect of fitness training on movement efficiency, fitness level, physical activity and quality of sleep in ageing subjects
The aim of this project is to gain insight in which somatic, cognitive and psychosocialfactors contribute to preservation of functioning, in order to identify older people with potentialrisk of functional decline in an early stage and develop…
Study of the effect of age on vasoconstrictive sensitivity to vasoconstrictor tone, study of the effect of temperature on vasoconstrictive sensitivity to vasoconstrictor tone, and a comparison of body temperature distribution during thermal (dis)…
Primary question: What are the riskfacors of VT in the older population?Secondary questions: What is the frequence and seriousness of the PTS in the elderly and which impact has the VT on the QOL and the functionality of this group.
The main objective of this study is to collect DNA within the frame of an existent study to bring together detailed, longitudinal data about adolescents* risk behaviors and peer relationship networks with information on genetic markers. Proposed…
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…
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 iBerry Study has two main study objectives:1. Descibing long-term prognosis of subclinical symptoms in terms of course (transition to several psychiatric disorders, chronicity, recurrence, comorbidiy) and public health consequences (disability,…
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 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…
The iBerry Study has two main study objectives:1. Descibing long-term prognosis of subclinical symptoms in terms of course (transition to several psychiatric disorders, chronicity, recurrence, comorbidiy) and public health consequences (disability,…