from the article: The ever-increasing specialization of scientific research, combined with the complex challenges that health in society is facing calls for more interdisciplinary design research. However, healthcare and creative researchers come from different worlds that do not automatically align …

from the article: "In the past decades, industrial design practice has broadened from designing (mass-)products towards e.g. the design of services, experiences and systems. With this broadening, it is questionable how models of design processes still fit todays’ industrial design practice. By means …

From the article: Research through Design projects in the health domain often involve collaborations of design and healthcare researchers. All partners have their own ideas and expectations with regard to what they consider valid ways to support their work. The evidence-based approach that dominates …

PURPOSE: The current article provides a description of the construction process of a short questionnaire that measures patients' experiences with a motivational interviewing consultation by a (sports) counselor in rehabilitation. Subsequently, results from confirmatory factor analyses are presented to …

This project is about the creation of a design concept of a modular kitchensystem for microapartments. It contains research regarding the target groups of microliving, a market analysis of other kitchen manufacturers and an analysis of this data. With thehelp of this data, concepts are created and finally …

We tested the hypothesis that in human ageing a decreased intramuscular acylcarnitine status is associated with (pre-)frailty, reduced physical performance and altered mitochondrial function. Results showed that intramuscular total carnitine levels and acetylcarnitine levels were lower in (pre-)frail …

This study tested the hypothesis that in human aging, a decreased intramuscular acylcarnitine status is associated with (pre-)frailty, reduced physical performance, and altered mitochondrial function. We used a cross-sectional study design with well-matched fit and (pre-)frail old males and females, …

Onder de doelgroep jongeren met een autisme spectrum stoornis (ASS) ervaart Jeugd GGZ Twente een groot aantal cliënten die vroegtijdig stoppen met de behandeling. Dit heeft negatieve gevolgen voor de cliënt en behandelaar en brengt onnodige kosten met zich mee. De kwaliteit van de therapeutische relatie …

A paradigm shift occurs when scientists stick to their model of reality (theory), while evidence begins to pile up that doesn 't fit in there. Often a group of relative outsiders is needed, for example a younger generation of scientists or scientists from a different discipline, who are first seen as …

De ziekte van Parkinson grijpt diep in op de levens van de Parkinsonpatiënten en hun omgeving. Niet alleen op motorisch gebied maar ook op niet-motorisch gebied heeft de ziekte grote gevolgen. Problemen met denken, depressie, apathie, angsten en vermoeidheid zijn voorbeelden van symptomen waarmee de …