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The most important objectives in this study are: 1. The actual process of counselling, prescribing and delivering a CCTV to visually impaired adults; 2. Tthe development of a standardized method to instruct and train patients how to use a CCTV; 3.…
1. A meal consisting of harder-textured foods leads to lower energy intake at a lunchtime meal compared to a meal with softer-textured foods; 2. The decreased energy intake of the meal composed of harder-textured foods will not be compensated at the…
Participants in the intervention group, receiving an individual lifestyle intervention, will improve lifestyle and CVD-risk related biomedical outcome values at the short (6 months) and the longer (12 months) term, whereas in the control group these…
- Offering the CBT training 'Learn to dare' will decrease child anxiety - The CBT training will decrease child anxiety via the decrease of disfunctional cognitions and avoidance behavior - The child's cognitive developmental level…
In the field of myoelectric upper limb prostheses, a huge gap exists between the mechanical/electrical functions of prosthetic hands and the possibilities of the user to control those (i.e. the human-machine interface). Traditional control (called “…
We hypothesize that propofol combined with ketamine has an optimal respiratory stability with a significant decrease in respiratory side effects and complications, in comparison with propofol combined with either alfentanil or remifentanil.
Preoperative anxiety can cause a range of negative outcome effects in the perioperative fase, e.g. hgher consumption of medication, more pain, prolonged stay at hospital and more postoperative infections. Music as a anxiety reducing aid in the…
There are two research questions: 1. What is the effect of a minimal CBT intervention for CFS in primary care carried out by trained social psychiatric nurses? 2. What are the characteristics of CFS patients who do not improve by a minimal…
Greater improvements in outcome (Western ontario rotator cuff index/Constant-Murley scale) with the deltoid exercise program in the intact rotator cable group
There is no difference in perioperative pain between patients with and without a tourniquete
If subjects view a video a medical consultation, then viewing physician-patient commmunication will yield similar psychological and physiological responses as when that subject is taking part in that consultation.
Sepsis is a major and growing problem. In the Netherlands alone, around 15.000 patients are diagnosed with severe sepsis each year. Despite major scientific efforts, including many failed clinical trials mainly focusing on inflammatory mediators and…
Liver transplantation with a donor organ from a donation after circulatory death (DCD donor, carries a much higher risk on biliary complications, with subsequently increased risk for decreased graft survival and need for re-transplantation.…
This study is of exploratory nature. The aim of the study is to explore whether differences exist in user perceptions according to mode of delivery (animation- vs. text-based computer-tailoring).
Teledermatology will prevent referals to the dermatologist: The proportion of preventable referrals will be significantly higher in the intervention group of patients (GP uses teledermatology) than in the control group.
This study aims to evaluate the effect of growth hormone treatment on brain functioning and development in children born with a low birth weight/length with incomplete catch up growth. The two other hypotheses this study aims to evaluate are a. Is…
initial treatment with baricitinib results in more rapid remission and more sustained drug free remission compared to initial treatment with NSAIDs or methotrexate
This trial aims to evaluate the effects of two computer-tailored print-delivered interventions aimed at improving dietary and PA behavior among adult Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan LSES women. One intervention is tailored to cognitive variables (…
Nebulization of heparin will have a beneficial effect on pulmonary coagulopathy, reflected in reduction of pulmonary coagulation activation in the broncho-alveolar lavage fluid, and will decrease pulmonary vascular permeability reflected in a…