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Geriatric rehabilitation in patients with severe COPD, admitted to the hospital with an acute exacerbation, will improve health status and decrease the exacerbation frequency and hospital admissions in comparison to patients who do not receive this…
Vascular function improves after a reduced sitting intervention
The main aim of the study is to investigate whether an intervention to educate and train caregivers and to empower caregiver to engage the person with dementia in stimulating activities at home, is effective and cost-effective to improve quality-of-…
Contaminated duodenoscopes can cause large-scale outbreaks. There is a need for rapid assessment methods to confirm the adequacy of the cleaning phase to improve the quality, safety and logistics of complex flexible endoscope reprocessing. The ATP…
To validate the diagnostic performance of the electronic nose, the AeonoseTM, by analysing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) patterns in exhaled breath from patients with Mamma Carcinoma (BC) versus controls.
1. The Supported Education Toolkit is more effective in increasing school functioning of adolescents in secondary education, compared to care as usual. 2. Communication between adolescent and professional, psychosocial functioning and goal…
The aim of present study is to assess the effect of a patient information portal on patient information and shared decision-making in a multicenter stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.
Laparoscopic catheter insertion is better than open catheter insertion for peritoneal dialysis
The expectation is that: 1) Most of the patients with personality want to take an active part in the decision-making process around the care to be provided. 2) Patients after following the module psycho-education have more knowledge about their…
Reduced tremor power during transcranial alternating current stimulation over primary motor cortex (at tremor frequency and phase-locked to the ongoing tremor).
Common colds have a significant impact on individuals, health care and economy. Functional food ingredients can reduce incidence, duration and severity of common respiratory tract infections in healthy elderly and adults. We hypothesize that test…
An eHealth CBT intervention reduces depressive symptoms in dialysis patients.
We test the effect of a verbal suggestion providing an under prediction of the pain intensity of upcoming heat stimuli as compared to a correct prediction of the intensity to assess the possible occurrence of contrasts effects (i.e., more intense…
Exercise leads to pain and funcional improvement in patients diagnosed with insertional Achilles tendinopathy
Medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS) are an important health problem in primary care, with a spectrum from mild to chronic. The burden of chronic MUPS is substantial for patients, health care professionals and society. We developed a…
This RCT aims to test the effectiveness of Muse on posttraumatic symptoms, stress, and biological stress reactivity. It is hypothesized that Muse is effective in decreasing posttraumatic symptoms and stress (primary outcomes), as well as in…
We hypothesize that endoscopic mucosal resection using suck-and-snare technique (cap-assisted) is effective and safe for non-lifting or flat benign colorectal lesions
The hypothesis is that participants in the intervention group will rehabilitate better (i.e. improvement in gait parameters) and faster, which could reduce healthcare costs significantly.
The central hypothesis is that TMS and WBV due to their own specific working mechanisms both will lead to an improvement in quality of life, daily functioning and cognitive functioning, but that the combination of TMS and WBV will lead to an…
Physical activity is positively associated with academic performance and cognitive performance in VET (mbo) students.