OBJECTIVES: The INTERMED Self-Assessment questionnaire (IMSA) was developed as an alternative to the observer-rated INTERMED (IM) to assess biopsychosocial complexity and health care needs. We studied feasibility, reliability and validity of the IMSA within a large and heterogeneous international sample …

AANLEIDING: Volgens verschillende onderzoeken kan de medicatieveiligheid verbeterd worden. Er worden regelmatig fouten gemaakt. Alle medicatiefouten dienen gemeld te worden bij de Centrale Medicatiefouten Registratie (CMR). Een aantal van de veel voorkomende fouten is het gereedmaken van een verkeerde …

Background: Cross-cultural adaptation of health-related quality of life (HRQL) scales is useful as it allows comparisons of therapy outcomes across different countries to be drawn. Aims: To adapt the English Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life—39 item generic stroke scale (SAQOL-39g) into Dutch. To …

Background: Assessment can have various functions, and is an important impetus for student learning. For assessment to be effective, it should be aligned with curriculum goals and of sufficient quality. Although it has been suggested that assessment quality in physical education (PE) is suboptimal, research …

Background: In clinical practice, nurses’ attitudes regarding older patients are important in relation to quality of care. The Older People in Acute Care Survey (OPACS) is an instrument measuring hospital nurses attitudes regarding older patients and is validated in Australia and the USA. The OPACS …

Research on student success has been highly influenced by Tinto’s integration theory in Europe and America. As part of my PhD research, I investigate the possible influence of the use of social media by first year students in higher education. Based on Tinto’s theory, the amount of variables is diminished …

As part of my PhD research, I investigate the influence of the use of social media by first year students in higher education. In this research I have lessened the amount of variables, from Tinto’s theory, by including only the best-proven predictive variables, based on previous studies. Hereby, avoiding …

In deze afstudeeropdracht is onderzocht of de aangepaste versie van de Boosheid Lichamelijke Signalenlijst (BLS) bruikbaar en betrouwbaar is voor mensen met een licht verstandelijke beperking (LVB). Er is onderzocht welke vragen begrepen worden na controle op begrip en welke aanpassingen aanbevolen worden …

Deze herziene druk van dit veel gebruikte studie- en praktijkboek bevat een aantal aanpassingen en uitbreidingen. In het hoofdstuk over onderzoeksstrategieën is het experiment toegevoegd. In de dagelijkse beroepspraktijk van onderwijs of gezondheidszorg wordt niet gauw een (zuiver) experiment opgezet, …

Abstract Background: To assess the internal consistency reliability and construct validity of the Dutch version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module (WHOQOL-OLD). Methods: The psychometric properties of the Dutch WHOQOL-OLD were examined in a cross-sectional …