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Sensitivity of a 13C-protein oxidation breath test investigated with a protein restricted diet in healthy subjects

Reckman, Gerlof; Navis, Gerjan; van der Schans, Cees (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Vonk, Roel; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing)

RATIONALE: Disturbed protein metabolism may result in malnutrition. A non-invasive low cost clinical tool to measure protein metabolism is lacking. Explorative research (n=1) with a newly developed non-invasive 13C-protein breath test suggested a decrease in protein oxidation after a protein restricted …

2017-09AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

The reliability and validity of ultrasound to quantify muscles in older adults

Nijholt, Willemke; Scafoglieri, Aldo; Jager-Wittenaar, Harriët (Malnutrition And Healthy Ageing); Hobbelen, Hans (Ageing And Allied Health Care); van der Schans, Cees P (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing)

This review evaluates the reliability and validity of ultrasound to quantify muscles in older adults. The databases PubMed, Cochrane, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature were systematically searched for studies. In 17 studies, the reliability (n = 13) and validity (n = 8) of …

2017-07-12AlgemeenAndersoortig materiaal

Are suspected auditory processing difficulties in children aged 8–12 years related to attention, working memory, nonverbal intelligence, and communication abilities?

de Wit, Ellen (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); van Dijk, Pim; Steenbergen, B.; van der Schans, Cees (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Luinge, Margreet (Language Function & Healthy Ageing)

Background: Children with difficulties in listening and understanding speech despite normal peripheral hearing, can be diagnosed with the diagnosis Auditory Processing Disorder (A). However, there are doubts about the validity of this diagnosis. The aim of this study was to examine the relation between …

2017-06-08AlgemeenConferentiebijdrage

Criteria in diagnosing nocturnal leg cramps

Hallegraeff, Joannes; de Greef, Mathieu; Krijnen, Wim (Statistical Techniques For Applied Research); van der Schans, Cees (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing)

BACKGROUND: Up to 33% of the general population over 50 years of age are affected by nocturnal leg cramps. Currently there are no generally accepted clinical characteristics, which identify nocturnal leg cramps. This study aims to identify these clinical characteristics and to differentiate between them …

2017-02-28AlgemeenAndersoortig materiaal

Atypical speech and language development

Visser Bochane, Margot (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Gerrits, Ellen; van der Schans, Cees (Healthy Ageing, Allied Health Care And Nursing); Reijneveld, Sijmen A; Luinge, Margreet (Language Function & Healthy Ageing)

BACKGROUND: Atypical speech and language development is one of the most common developmental difficulties in young children. However, which clinical signs characterize atypical speech-language development at what age is not clear. AIM: To achieve a national and valid consensus on clinical signs and red …

2017-01AlgemeenArtikel

Nurses' perspectives of a new individualized nursing care intervention for COPD patients in primary care settings: A mixed method study

Saskia W.M. Weldam; Jan-Willem J. Lammers; Marieke Zwakman; Marieke Schuurmans (Lector)

Background The major challenges in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) care are guiding a patient in daily living with the consequences of the disease, reducing the impact of symptoms and improving Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). The new nurse-led COPD-Guidance, Research on an Illness …

2017GezondheidArtikel

Multivariable normal tissue complication probability model-based treatment plan optimization for grade 2-4 dysphagia and tube feeding dependence in head and neck radiotherapy

Kierkels, Roel G J; Wopken, Kim; Visser, Ruurd; Korevaar, Erik W; van der Schaaf, Arjen; Bijl, Hendrik P; Langendijk, Johannes A

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Radiotherapy of the head and neck is challenged by the relatively large number of organs-at-risk close to the tumor. Biologically-oriented objective functions (OF) could optimally distribute the dose among the organs-at-risk. We aimed to explore OFs based on multivariable normal …

2016-12AlgemeenArtikel

An internationally consented standard for nursing process-clinical decision support systems in electronic health records

Müller-Staub, Maria; de Graaf-Waar, Helen; Paans, Wolter (Nursing Diagnostics)

Nurses are accountable to apply the nursing process, which is key for patient care: It is a problem-solving process providing the structure for care plans and documentation. The state-of-the art nursing process is based on classifications that contain standardized concepts, and therefore, it is named …

2016-11-28AlgemeenArtikel

Reconstruction of high resolution MLC leaf positions using a low resolution detector for accurate 3D dose reconstruction in IMRT

Visser, R.; Godart, J.; Wauben, D.J.L.; Langendijk, J.A.; van 't Veld, A.A.; Korevaar, E.W.

In pre-treatment dose verification, low resolution detector systems are unable to identify shifts of individual leafs of high resolution multi leaf collimator (MLC) systems from detected changes in the dose deposition. The goal of this study was to introduce an alternative approach (the shutter technique) …

2016-11-07AlgemeenArtikel

Nursing students' perceptions of community care and other areas of nursing practice

van Iersel, Margriet; Latour, Corine H.M. (Faculteit Gezondheid); de Vos, Rien; Kirschner, Paul A.; Scholte op Reimer, Wilma J.M.

OBJECTIVES: To review recent literature on student nurses' perceptions of different areas of nursing practice, in particular community care. Healthcare is changing from care delivery in institutional settings to care to patients in their own homes. Problematic is that nursing students do not see community …

2016-09AlgemeenArtikel

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