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Public health authorities have recognized lack of hand hygiene (HH) as one of the important causes of preventable mortality and morbidity at population level. Both at national (UK, USA, Dutch VMS) and international levels (WHO) poor HH has been…
1: Long term use of fluoxetine causes the excitability of the primary motor area of the brain to change 2: Long term administration of fluoxetine causes the muscle activation patterns to change
1. The treatment group will increase their Theory of Mind skills in comparison to the waitlist control group; 2. The conceptual skills will improve at a higher rate than the practical skills.
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…
Botulinum toxin type A injection of the prostate causes relaxation and cellular apoptosis and by this way will relieve lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia.
The objective of the study is to identify factors associated with anterior knee pain after primary total knee replacement.
The promotion of safe sports participation proves effective in a physical education setting, resulting in a reduction of lower extremity injuries in children.
1. In the first intervention group, the % of subjects who meet the national physical activity guideline will significantly increase; 2. In the second intervention group the % of subjects who meet the national physical activity guideline will…
Many employees who are sicklisted do not really know how to handle the situation. Simple and specific education and individually based instructions through a website can possibly solve or reduce this problem. Besides, the website contains a…
rhDNase improves lung function in children with persistent asthma who have persistent obstructive pulmonary function; Treatment of mucus impaction is an interesting alternative approach to treat peripheral airflow limitation in asthmatic patients.…
Peri-operative interventions improve fragile patients functional health status, reduce complications and length of stay in hospital after elective surgery.
A positive effect of the investigational product on the intestinal microbiota of healthy Asian toddlers is expected.
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 therefore hypothesize that FABP/Claudin levels may be used as a diagnostic tool for the identification of intra-abdominal injury necessitating surgery and as a prognostic marker for the development of SIRS/MOF (and morbidity and mortality) in…
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…
There is a clinically and statistically significant difference in the percentage of patients who achieve and maintain clinical remission (defined as DAS < 1.6) and in functional ability and progression of radiological joint damage after 1…
Through stress the mast cells become activated and by their vaso-active substances the mucosa permeability will become increased. Therefore the mucosa is easier to penetrated by microbes and acid. This increased permeability will leads to…
The stepped care programme which aims to prevent clinical depression in frail elderly with a subclinical depression, and reduces the level of depressive symptoms in frail elderly with a clinical depression is applicable in primary care.