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The incidence and types of infection are comparable in sterile suturing or clean suturing of traumatic wounds. Clean suturing is cheaper, less time consuming and requires less assistence that sterile suturing
The overall objective of this study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a group-based intervention aimed at helping patients with type 2 diabetes (1 - 3 post-diagnosis) and their partners incorporate the illness and treatment into their…
A stepped-care program, developed for visually impaired elderly with subtreshold depression and/or anxiety, in cooperation with psychologists and social workers of three rehabilitation centres, will prevent the development of a full depressive or…
To investigate if flavour flavour learning is an effective mechanism to increase children's vegetable intake.
The protein status of an individual effects food preferences and intake. If the protein status is low, products high in protein will elicit greater reward.
Sternal closure is done routinely with stainless steel wires. In some cases thes wires are cutting through the bone and a non stable sternotomy can cause pain and lead to serious infections of the sternum and mediastinum. We hypothese that a new…
It is hypothesized that participants who received information about social modeling effects in the intervention group consume less (snack) food compared to participants in the control group.
8 weeks after the PRF treatment we expect that the electric quantitative sensory testing (eQST) values are higher compared to the eQST values before the PRF treatment. This means that patients can tolerate a higher stimulation threshold. The…
Pain Rehabilitation Programs (PRP’s) are proven effective for patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). Evidence about the relationship of dose on the effect of PRP however, is unavailable. We hypothesized that shortening PRP will not be…
Our hypothesis is that custom made insoles and a home-based exercise program would be superior to a home-based exercise program alone at 12 weeks follow-up.
Topical urea is a gold standard treatment for xerosis. Skin xerosis is commonly observed in diabetic subject. A correct hydratation of the skin is advised in order to reduce the risk of skin lesions such as ulcer. No comparative data are available…
The primary objective of this study is to analyse whether preventive hamstring exercises (Nordic Hamstring Curl) can reduce injury incidence in Dutch elite amateur soccer players. The secondary objective of this study is to analyse whether…
1. The video-text web-based tailored intervention will be more effective in the prevention of weight gain or achieving modest weight loss among lower educated workers; 2. The text-text web-based tailored intervention will be more effective in the…
Cardiac rehabilitation is a central part in the recovery process. Health behavior change is an important issue within rehabilitation and patients have to learn how to improve their eating habits and increase their physical activity. Back home, the…
Perioperative fluid expansion as primairy treatment of hypotension in day case surgery leads to a modest increase of cardiac output.
The null hypothesis is that the Visionaire Patient Matched Instrumentation and the standard instrumentation produces an equal alignment and stability one year after surgery. This hypothesis will be tested two-sided, with p<0.05.
Development and validation of a clinical Proof-of-Concept study paradigm for determing the clinical utility of respiratory stimulants over the potential therapeutic dose range in the face of opioid respiratory depression and presences of hypercapnia…
Care and treatment guided by structural psychosocial screening leads to a better quality of life and greater patient satisfaction than usual care in patients with lung cancer. The second goal is to relate the change in quality of life with the total…
Relative to the control condition of 'recall only' the experimental condition of 'recall + eye movements' will produce a reduction in both the 1) subjective vividness/emotionality of the mental image and associated recall-induced…
Guidelines in the field of primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are regularly revised. The thresholds for recommendation of pharmacological treatment differ between the old and new guidelines. Re-evaluation of a patient's need for…