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Modern dressings containing silver are more effective than topical antibiotic treatment for healing of PEG-site infections.
1. Intensive Outpatient Mentalisation-Based Treatment (IOP-MBT) and Day Hospital Mentalisation-Based Treatment (DH-MBT) will both result in clinical improvement for patients with severe Personality Disorders (PDs); 2. Matching-hypothesis: the…
Training medical specialists in consultation skills focused on MUPS patients improves the specialistic care for these patients in terms of illness worries, course of symptoms and daily functioning and reduces the medical costs for this patient group…
Peri-operative interventions improve fragile patients functional health status, reduce complications and length of stay in hospital after elective surgery.
1. Cooling to 34, 34.5 or 35°C by means of a surface cooling device, started within 4.5 hours after the onset of acute ischaemic stroke and maintained for 24 hours in awake patients on a stroke unit is safe; 2. In awake patients with ischaemic…
1. Cancer survivors who received the high-intensity exercise program will have significantly higher muscle strength, cardiopulmonary function, and health-related quality of life after 12 weeks intervention compared to cancer survivors who received…
We want to test the hypothesis that internet based guided self-help is not more expensive and not less effective than usual care for patients with phobias.
The effectiveness of the experimental conditions depends on the motivational characteristics of the person. 1. The sequential condition will lead to 10% behavior change in one behavior after two years, if a person is only motivated to change one…
Alle Leerlingen Actief! (ALA) works both on the intrinsic motivation of inactive students to become more physically active, as it promotes the activity-friendly environment in and around schools. Motivational interviewing techniques will be used to…
The percentage of curatively treatable metastatic disease after surgery for primary colorectal cancer can be increased by means of optimizing follow-up of colorectal carcinoma. Intensifying the follow-up by increasing frequency of CEA measurements…
Establishing the cause of pleural disease often is a great challenge. Definitive diagnosis of pleural disease needs histological confirmation in most cases. Clinical suspicion of malignancy often indicates prompt use of invasive procedures like…
The present study will test the effectiveness of a web-based brief alcohol intervention that is specifically aimed at reducing heavy alcohol use among heavy drinkers in the ages between 18 and 24 years in a Dutch sample. We expect that a larger…
The objective of this proposed prospective randomized double masked placebo controlled study is to investigate the safety and potential efficacy for the prevention or mitigation of ocular GvHD using local early medication with Cyclosporin A drops (…
Participation in the COACH program has positive effects on the health of patients with coronary heart disease.
Has a coach supervised intervention program targeting jump-landing technique effect on the incidence of lower extremity injuries.