Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) are at high risk of recurrent events. A healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce this risk. A previous trial, Randomized Evaluation of Secondary Prevention by Outpatient Nurse SpEcialists (RESPONSE), demonstrated that nurse-coordinated outpatient clinics …

Abstract Background: Currently, health care and medical decision-making at the end of life for older people are often insufficiently patient-centred. In this trial we study the effects of Advance Care Planning (ACP), a formalised process of timely communication about care preferences at the end of life, …

Background: Improved preferred gait speed in older adults is associated with increased survival rates. There are inconsistent findings in clinical trials regarding effects of exercise on preferred gait speed, and heterogeneity in interventions in the current reviews and meta-analyses. Objective: to determine …

De vertaling en implementatie van een evidence-based interventie Success for All voor de Nederlandse situatie. De taalproblematiek van de autochtone achterstands leerling blijft een hardnekkig fenomeen. De achterstand van dit type leerling is sinds 1994 niet kleiner geworden. Vanaf 2002 is er zelfs een …

Earlier research showed that multi-component dyadic interventions – including a combination of intervention strategies and addressing both the person with dementia and caregiver – have a beneficial impact on the mental and physical health of people with dementia and their family caregivers. A randomized …

BACKGROUND: Current evidence shows that manual therapy elicits analgesic effect in different populations (healthy, pain inflicted and patients with musculoskeletal pain) when carried out at the spinal column, although the clinical significance of these effects remains unclear. Also the analgesic effects …

Nursing diagnoses, influences of an electronic nursing care plan with standardized nursing languages on correctness, agreement and accuracy: an experimental study. Agreement, correctness and accuracy of nursing diagnoses: a randomized trial (II). The Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, …

Objective To determine the effectiveness of a client or care‐provider strategy to improve the implementation of external cephalic version. Design Cluster randomized controlled trial. Setting Twenty‐five clusters; hospitals and their referring midwifery practices randomly selected in the Netherlands. Population Singleton …

BACKGROUND: Intentional weight loss in obese older adults is a risk factor for muscle loss and sarcopenia. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to examine the effect of a high whey protein-, leucine-, and vitamin D-enriched supplement on muscle mass preservation during intentional weight loss in obese older …

Het aantal beschikbare ICT middelen (oftewel eHealth) ter ondersteuning van de begeleiding of behandeling van mensen met een autisme spectrum stoornis (ASS) is de laatste jaren drastisch toegenomen. Parallel hieraan laat ook het aantal onderzoeken op dit gebied een sterke stijging zien. De manier waarop …