Older adults living in deprived areas are at risk of developing frailty and becoming care dependent. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore how community-dwelling, older adults living in deprived neighbourhoods address ageing issues. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 participants who …

Workshop paper Taking an embodied perspective, we report on the design of two interactive products aimed at empowering people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder in coping with challenges of everyday life. Our Research-through-Design study combined theory with hands-on co-design work and in situ …

Onderzoek naar de troostende rol van de verpleegkundige aan de hand van de hoofdvraag: “Wat wordt er door verpleegkundigen verstaan onder troost en hoe speelt troost een rol binnen de verpleegkundige beroepsuitoefening?”. De gezondheidszorg is steeds meer gericht op marktwerking en kostenbeheersing, …

This paper explores 14 traditional coping strategies by Carver et al. in an entreperneurial setting of 880 business owners. Findings indicate that business owners in the process of selling their business may cope differently with stress than business owners that are not. They specifically seem to cope …

More than before fashion is sold through e-channels and this implies an increase in e-logistics. Shop selling stagnates. But as fashion sales handled through e-channels is becoming a substantial part of the business, succesfully managing such a channel is a challange for almost all fashion retailers. …

Background: Every day rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients make many decisions about managing their disease. An online, computer-tailored, self-management program can support this decision making, but development of such a program requires the active participation of patients. Objective: To develop an …

Inleiding: Binnen dit onderzoek is gekeken of een ventrocaudale hielklacht beter te evalueren is met een vragenlijst, als toevoeging op de standaard anamnesevragen, palpatie van de pijnlijke plek en het vragen naar een VAS-schaal. Het doel van dit onderzoek was om een nieuwe vragenlijst samen te stellen …

The Second World War, legislative changes, and on-going globalisation are some of the causes that diminished the reach of the German language in the Netherlands. Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam studied the current state of the use of the German language and found that research participants had ‘no-connection’ …

In a knowledge economy such as that of the Netherlands, the importance of higher education is widely recognized. Dutch universities of Applied Sciences aim to create successful learning environments to prepare young people for their future work and role in society.

Common psychosocial difficulties of cancer patients are anxiety, depression and fatigue. This systematic review focused on art therapy interventions and the effectiveness of art therapy for cancer patients. The purpose of this review was to research the evidence of using art therapy with adult cancer …