The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of older adults. Yet, little is known about changes in well-being among older adults during the pandemic, especially when COVID-19 measures were relaxed. Therefore, we aimed to assess changes in the well-being of older adults during multiple turning points of …

In opdracht van het Groninger Instituut Archeologie van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en de Doggerland projectgroep is onderzoek gedaan naar de effectiviteit van de Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) en fotogrammetrie. Deze twee technieken zijn toegepast op kaakfragmenten met gebitselementen uit …

Dit rapport is het eindresultaat van een 2,5 jarig RAAK MKB project met als doel om mogelijkheden te onderzoeken waardoor lokale foodbedrijven (meer) voedsel aan de zorg kunnen leveren. Er zijn diverse onderzoekslijnen gevolgd waaronder enquetes bij patienten, voedselinkopers in de zorg en aanbieders …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: With the shifts in society, healthcare and the profile of the malnourished individual, a re-consideration of the goal of nutritional risk screening is needed: screening for malnutrition, or screening for risk of malnutrition? In this review article, we reflect on the role of nutritional …

Aims: To investigate the impact of consecutive perioperative care transitions on in-hospital recovery of patients who had primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) over an 11-year period. Methods: This observational cohort study used electronic health record data from all patients undergoing preoperative …

In this article, we show how elderly clients in Dutch dietary consultations adjust dietitians’ history taking questions that suggest a cause for weight loss. Using conversation analysis and discursive psychology, we analyzed the history taking phase of recorded primary care conversations of 7 dietitians …

INTRODUCTION: The scored Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA©) is a validated tool for the screening, assessment and monitoring of malnutrition, and triaging of interventions. It contains a patient-generated component and a healthcare professional (HCP)-generated component. AIM: To …

Background & aims: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) approach to malnutrition diagnosis is based on assessment of three phenotypic (weight loss, low body mass index, and reduced skeletal muscle mass) and two etiologic (reduced food intake/assimilation and disease burden/inflammation) …

Malnutrition is an alarming and ongoing healthcare problem globally. Malnutrition has a negative impact on the individual patient, leading to poorer clinical outcomes and increased mortality, but also poses an economic burden on society. Proper identification and diagnostics are prerequisites for initiation …

Summary Background & aims Qualitative studies suggest that malnutrition awareness is poor in older adults. The aim of this study was to develop a questionnaire to quantitatively assess malnutrition awareness in community-dwelling older adults aged 60+ years. Methods The Malnutrition Awareness Scale (MAS) …