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In this randomised controlled study, the effects of art therapy is examined on psychological functioning of patients with a personality disorder. It is expected that art therapy results in less personality pathology, more acceptance, and less…
High dose statins will reduce atherosclerosis in post-coarctectomy patients.
It is hypothesised that after 18 months no differences will be found in the number of patients with draining fistulas for medical and surgical treatment strategies. Since surgical seton drainage is the only treatment preventing recurrences or…
Inhalation of salbutamol in a forward leaning body posture with the head flexed backwards leads to more reversibility of lung function compared to inhalation with the standard body posture during spirometry in asthmatic children.
Are a positive psychology and a self-management intervention, equally effective in increasing quality of life and decreasing psychological distress and pain disability, in chronic pain patients, in comparison to a waiting-list control group?…
Occupational rehabilitation with a gradual return to work based on the principles of exposure in vivo will be more (cost)effective in reducing absenteeism than usual occupational rehabilitation.
There is no difference in het use of Functional electrical stimulation compared to the use of an ankle foot orthosis in the subacute / post-acute phase after stroke on the recovery of walking ability.
Implementation of two audit- and feedback strategies, a generic- or a patient-specific strategy in the nursing home practice, using the End-of-Life in Dementia (EOLD) instruments with families evaluating the quality of end-of-life care and quality…
A low peak E2 during COS is considered to be safer than a high peak E2 in women with breast cancer
The general objective of the DECREASE-IV trial is to assess the clinical efficacy of beta-blocker therapy, statin therapy and combination therapy with beta-blockers and statins in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery.
The Fit4Work programme will improve mental health and increase labour force and social participation compared to usual re-employment activities and health care in longterm unemployed persons with mental health problems.
Individual oral hygiene instructions based on visible plaque on an oral photograph of ones own dentition adjunct to a school oral health education lesson provides an added benefit to receiving only the school oral health education lesson.
Aim of this prospective randomized trial (RCT) is to compare the gold standard LCW with the CWO in patients eligible for HTO who need a correction of 10 to 16 degrees. Hypothesis is that the CWO technique will achieve more accurate overcorrection of…
Thrombus aspiration compared to balloon angioplasty will improve myocardial reperfusion during primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
The knotted grip placement technique of proseal laryngeal mask shall ease its placement in patients undergoing general anesthesia for elective surgeries.
What is the relation between disease activity, treatment, and metabolic syndrome / insulin resistance.
Multiple pregancies can be prevented without loss of pregnancy rates by treating couples with manipulated natural cycle IVF or with IVF-eSET plus cryo-cycles instead of standard treatment with intra-uterine insemination and controlled ovarian…
A comprehensive multisiciplinary lifestyle intervention program reduces the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients who have suffered an acute coronary syndrome.