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The objective is to investigate whether application of a stepwise work-up strategy in primary care patients with uncontrolled hypertension results in better blood pressure control in a cost-effective manner.
Childhood obesity is a serious epidemic in western societies. Parents are considered as a key influence in children’s weight-related behaviors. It is thus not surprising that recent interventions to prevent childhood obesity have increasingly…
To assess the efficacy of a calorie and protein restricted (CRPR) diet for induction of remission in CD.
Our hypothesis is that preservation of the pectoral fascia may lead to a decreased seroma formation when compared to fascia removal, and has a beneficial effect on breast reconstructive surgery.
Pre-hospital triage in patients with low risk of NSTE-ACS will reveal a large saving in health care resources in favor of the pre-hospital rule strategy with additional GP management. At 12 months the strategy will corroborate with a very low event…
Adolescence represents a crucial stage in the maturation of executive functioning (e.g. working memory and inhibition) and mental health (i.e. behavioral and emotional functioning, and self-concept), which both are important predictors of academic…
To investigate whether myocardial blood volume (MBV) is reduced in patients with non-obstructive coronary artery disease and signs and symptoms of ischemia, relative to healthy controls. The specific aims are to investigate 1) if MBV is reduced in…
The main objective of this study is to investigate which communicative strategies are most effective in increasing understanding and decreasing emotional impact in communicating increased risk for developing dementia status to persons with mild…
Atherosclerosis is characterized by a persistent inflammation of the arterial wall. Monocyte-derived macrophages are the most abundant immune cells in atherosclerotic plaques. It has recently been shown that not only immune cells of the adaptive…
the foreign language training boosts cognitive flexibility and affects its neural underpinnings, which adds to cognitive reserve. The increase in cognitive flexibility is hypothesized to influence the experience of subjective cognitive decline.…
To investigate the uptake and effectiveness of a Dementia Risk Reduction Online lifestyle Program among middle-aged descendants of people with recently diagnosed AD or VD at participating Dutch memory clinics.
The study hypothesis is that FFCiH will maintain or improve functional status and physical activity in hospitalized stroke and geriatric patients compared to usual care.
1. The level of adherence to the prostate cancer surveillance guideline will not differ significantly between GP-led and specialist-led survivorship care. 2. GP-led survivorship care will be more cost-effective than specialist-led survivorship care…
Poor glycaemic control, indicated by an elevated HbA1c, is correlated to poor postoperative outcome in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing surgery. However, improving glycaemic control before surgery has not been extensively studied so far.…
Infants’ growth when consuming hydrolysate-based formula is similar to growth when consuming a control formula with intact protein.
Inhaled levodopa provides more rapid symptom relief than orally administered levodopa
We hypothesize that the Think Cool Act Cool emotion regulation training is effective in improving emotion regulation skills and decreasing externalizing behavior problems, compared to care-as-usual. We also hypothesize that the training has a small…
We expect that the intervention group, in which employees diagnosed with cancer inform their employer about an online toolbox, return to work more often, provided with a higher degree of successfulness, compared with the control group, in which…
Ischemia driven (FFR) complete percutaneous revascularisation of all significant stenosis in the non-culprit lesion performed within the index PCI procedure will improve clinical outcomes compared to the usual care, guided by discretion of the…