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Primary objectives:1.1 To investigate the differences between patients* and resident loved ones' perceptions of patients* health status and problematic ADLs.1.2 To study prospectively the effects of an acute COPD exacerbation on resident loved…
The aim of the current study is evaluation of the Certe A/C service system. This is achieved via 2 workpackages:Workpackage 1 constitutes of describing patient characteristics (age, gender, current medication, smoking status and comorbidities) of…
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the usability of PatientCoach by patients with asthma and/ or COPD,hypertension and/or Diabetes Mellitus.
The purpose of this study is to test the impact of a physical activity promotion program which is a personalized, semi-automated, coaching program utilizing an smartphone on which an app is installed and coaching by the investigator. The automated…
The main objective of this study is the clinical, physiological and psychosocial determinants of CAT in a broad sample of patients with moderate to very severe COPD and the impact of co-morbidities on the HRQL assessed with CAT. Secondary objectives…
The primary research question is:Do children with atopic dermatitis and asthma after a stay in the NAD have a better coping and acceptance of their disease as compared with children treated at the outpatient department of the WKZ?Secondary research…
The purpose of this study is to explore and expand the understanding of the patient's experience of physical limitations in COPD from the perspective of the patient. The information will be used to support the development of a conceptual model…
The aim of this study is to develop a patient reported outcome tool specific to small airways disease, which assesses symptoms and signs of small airways disease and could help in addition to FEF50% to discriminate between asthmatic patients with…
What is the prevalence of depression and anxiety in children with asthma. Is this more frequent in asthma than in other chronic conditions like diabetes and Coelikie? And how compares this to healthy children in the same phase of life?
The purpose of the study is initial validation and item reduction of the draft questionnaire. This information will be used to improve and further develop the questionnaire into an instrument that will adequately measure physical activity in…
To study the effects of changing consultations by starting with the patients agenda on the enablement of children with asthma and their parents to bring forward their questions, worries, problems and beliefs.
The objective of this study is to evaluate effects of the use of the Pelican instrument in routine medical care for asthmatic children in primary and secondary care.
To reduce the consumption of oral corticosteroids (OCS) in patients with severe asthma while maintaining asthma control, in order to decrease the incidence of long-term steroid-induced side effects and to improve quality of life (QoL). The specific…
1.1 What are the self-perceived symptoms and care needs of patients with moderate to very severe COPD, CHF or CRF and to what extent do they differ from each other?1.2 Do these self-perceived symptoms and care needs relate to patients* daily…
The aim of this research is through feedback to increase physical activity of the patient and get a better distribution of activities over the day.
1. To improve patient's quality of life in a cost-effective way by a self-management programme guided by doctors and a specialist asthma nurse through information and communication technology. 2. To investigate whether a simple index of asthma…
The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of an outpatient clinical care on demand in the management of COPD.
Objective: To determine whether genotype of the promoter polymorphism is associated with alterations of mRNA expression of the M2 receptor
Before one could chose for a new organisation form, there should be evidence, that the care provided by such a professional is at least similar to the care provided by the GP or the pediatriacian.The hypothesis of the proposed study is that…
The aim of the proposed study is to conduct an evaluation of the validity of web-based completion of the (Child-) ACT on the basis of comparison with paper-based completion and to test reproducibility of both web-based and paper-based version.…