OBJECTIVES: To study sensor monitoring (use of a sensor network placed in the home environment to observe individuals' daily functioning (activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living)) as a method to measure and support daily functioning for older people living independently …

Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1982, I was introduced to pediatric nursing during my internship in the Sophia Children’s Hospital, Academic Hospital Rotterdam (now Erasmus MC). One of my unforgettable patients was Dirk, a 24-year-old man with cystic fibrosis (CF), who spent his time in hospital in …

The aim of this research was to study the clinical characteristics and mortality and disability outcomes of patients who present distinct risk profiles for functional decline at admission. A multicenter, prospective cohort study was conducted between 2006 and 2009 in three hospitals in the Netherlands …

Thirty to sixty per cent of older patients experience functional decline after hospitalisation, associated with an increase in dependence, readmission, nursing home placement and mortality. First step in prevention is the identification of patients at risk. The objective of this study is to develop and …

The objective was to study the prevalence of eighteen geriatric conditions in older patients at admission, their reporting rate in discharge summaries and the impact of these conditions on mortality and functional decline one year after admission. A prospective multicenter cohort study conducted between …

Wat ik heb gemerkt is dat revalidanten met chronische pijn vaak worden overvraagd door de omgeving. De vraag die in mij opkwam was hoe assertief beginnende revalidanten zijn en kunnen revalidanten het geleerde toepassen in de praktijk? Om dit te onderzoeken heb ik aan 8 beginnende revalidanten vragenlijsten …

Het onderwerp van dit onderzoek is opbrengstgericht werken. Het denken over en werken aan opbrengstgericht werken heeft in de afgelopen jaren een ontwikkeling doorgemaakt. Het overheidsbeleid is gericht op het verbeteren van de basisvaardigheden van leerlingen op het gebied van Nederlandse taal en rekenen-wiskunde. …

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is in the developed countries the most common cause of death and disability in childhood. Aim: The purpose of this study is to estimate the incidence of TBI for children and young people in an urbanised region of the Netherlands and to describe relevant characteristics …