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Research projects

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The effects of periconceptional and prenatal folic acid supplementation on congenital anomalies and preterm birth. 2011
Implementation of an integrated care system for labouring women: bridging the gap between primary and secondary obstetric care. A problem analysis. 2011
Cost-effectiveness of two strategies to implement the NVOG guidelines on hypertension in pregnancy: An innovative strategy including a computerised decision support system compared to a common strategy of professional audit & feedback. 2011
COMPACT in Vocational Training 2011
Optimal care for Acute Coronary Syndromes (Reduction of Harm in Hospitals) 2011
Patient participation in treatment decisions for stage I non-small cell lung cancer 2011
Palliative care in stroke: development of a decision-aid. 2011
PneuMonitor – Comfort en prognose bij patiënten met pneumonie en dementie 2011
The introduction of new EMF equipment and the effect on people’s perception of and worries about the health risks of EMF in relation to their well-being and health. 2011
Towards Best Practice Guidelines for Genetic Testing of Monogenetic Subtypes of Diabetes Mellitus 2011
IMPACT – Improving rational prescribing of antibiotics in long-term care facilities 2011
Transitie van reguliere dagbehandeling in het verpleeghuis naar Laagdrempelige Psychogeriatrische Dagbehandeling-plus mantelzorgondersteuning in de wijk 2011
Building a model of quality of care during labour. The importance of care provider and care setting 2011
Deliver: Data eerstelijns verloskunde 2011
Pharmacotherapy audit meetings (PTAMs) using quality circles: a cost-effective strategy to improve guideline adherence in nursing homes? 2011
Wealth of Data? Blurring boundaries and user-roles at the interface of genetic, medical and personal information. 2010
Cancer and Work, predicting long term work perspective of cancer patients. 2010
Improving referral of depressed elderly in low vision rehabilitation 2010
A-CaRe study 1: Resistance and Endurance exercise After ChemoTherapy (REACT) 2010
Managing behavioral problems in nursing home residents with dementia (Grip op probleemgedrag) 2010
Improving health risk communication for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and kidney disease by taking into account people's prior beliefs and cognitive abilities; a mental model approach 2010
Evaluatie van de Veder Methode; theater als contactmethode in de psychogeriatrische zorg 2010
Casemanagement in palliative care 2010
Evaluation of population newborn screening practices for rare disorders in Member States of the European Union 2010
The frail elderly person at the centre of cohesive care 2009
Advance care planning and providing of palliative care in nursing home residents with dementia 2009
Governance of preventive genomics 2009
The patient perspective in end-of-life care: personal dignity, preferences and participation 2009
A-CaRe Study 2. Physical exercise during Adjuvant Chemotherapy Effectiveness Study (PACES) 2009
Improving communication about EMF risks by taking into account peoples concerns and prior beliefs; a mental models approach 2009
Longitudinal assessment of psychosocial consequences of hearing impairment and possibilities of interventions following screening 2009
ROSETTA - Guidance and Awareness Services for lndependent Living 2009
Dementelcoach; Evaluation of telephone support for carers of people with dementia 2009
The STA OP! study: implementation of the serial trial intervention for pain and challenging behaviour in advanced dementia patients. 2009
Evaluation of Medical Team Training based on Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles at Intensive Care Unit 2009
Work, lifestyle and health: monitoring health of employees (MORE study) 2009
Self-ratings of health - explanations for variation across time, age and place 2009
Age at retirement – consequences for health? 2008
Early recognition and optimal treatment of malnutrition before, during and after hospital admission 2008
Personal dignity at the end of life 2008
Perceived risk, concerns and unexplained medical symptoms associated with different sources of electromagnetic fields by the general public and professional workers 2008
Spiritual end-of-life care in nursing homes 2008
Genetic susceptibility, family history information and disease prevention in public health: type 2 diabetes as an example 2008
CASTILON: Care for Stroke in Long term care facilities in the Netherlands 2007
Measuring the quality of dying and the quality of palliative care for patients dying with dementia 2007
Palliative care and decision making in nursing home residents with dementia: translation, evaluation, and implementation of a decision aid for families 2007
Cognitive causes of suboptimal diagnosis made by physicians and consequences for the patient 2007
INTERACTION between insurance physicians and their claimants during work disability assessments 2007
External validation of a prediction rule regarding academic or behavioural problems after bacterial meningitis in childhood 2006
End of life of Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes: How to Relieve Suffering 2006
Transmural Nutritional Support 2006
Metacognitive training: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a training that aims to change cognitive biases that perpetuate psychosis in people with paranoid schizophrenia.  
Communicating breast cancer risks: a genetic counsellor´s role in improving patient understanding to increase informed decision-making (BRISC)  
Counselling, prescription and instruction-effects of closed circuit television systems in rehabilitation of visually impaired adults.  
Ethics of technology and restraints in residential care for people with dementia or intellectual disabilities: Development of a multidisciplinary guideline for safe care  
Deciding on care and treatment in the last phase of life: the influence of patient wishes  
An intervention aimed at maintaining an acceptable energy balance during pregnancy  
Development of the Dutch Activity Inventory to measure rehabilitation needs of visually impaired elderly and rehabilitation outcome.  
Cohortstudy on advance directives for end-of-life care  
Newborn bloodspot screening for Pompe disease  
The feasibility of a physical activity program for men with lower urinary tract symptoms or erectile dysfunction.  
The Risky Self: Understanding the relationships between self-concept, (genetic) risk information, risk perception and health related behaviour  
Multidisciplinary recommendations and patient weblog for resumption of work activities after gynaecological surgery. A modified Delphi study, focus group discussions and pilot study.  
A cross-cultural exploratory study of uncertainty in physician decision-making regarding hospitalization: a pilot study in US and Dutch nursing home residents with dementia  
Development and evaluation of an intervention in the well-baby clinic to inform women on periconceptional use of folic acid  
VERWANT: improving risk assessment in consanguineous couples by means of SNP analysis  
Management of labour pain.  
Older people with the wish to die  
Evaluation of the pilot project support and consultation on euthanasia in the Netherlands (SCEN) for nurses.  
Treatment decisions in nursing home residents with dementia and pneumonia: supporting decision making with a risk score for mortality  
Reshaping criteria for screening in the age of genomics - contemporary history and users perspective  
Measuring speech-in-noise abilities in children  
An inventory of risks of clients with an intellectual disability  
Neurobiological factors in aggressive and antisocial juveniles  
Consequences of Down syndrome for patient and family  
An open, prospective case-study into the effects and feasibility of Tiscover (autologous tissue engineered skin substitute transplant) in chronic ulcers in nursing homes.  
Good care and advance directives: an empirical-ethical research into the practice of dealing with advance directives and the way people with dementia, in particular Alzheimer's disease, value their situation.  
Transmural care for hand eczema. A randomised controlled trial and cost-effectiveness evaluation.  
Monitoring quality of end-of-life care: A permanent end-of-life care registration via the Dutch sentinel network of general practitioners  
Increasing the participation of the elderly in clinical trials (PREDICT) (Health-F4-2008-201917)  
Risk perception, informed decision making and psychological wellbeing of pregnant women who are offered prenatal screening for congenital defects  
Dementie Experience.  
Implementation of pilot study of the Nurse-Family Partnership : a preventive intervention targeting the physical, emotional and cognitive development of unborn infants and their mothers in high-risk populations in the Netherlands  
Policies on end-of-life decision-making in Dutch health care institutions  
Research program on patient safety and complex care.  
Quality indicators for palliative care.  
Evaluation and content of quality-of-life instrument for use in palliative care  
Wanted and unwanted effects of drugs used for the administration of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide  
COMPACT : Effectiveness of a Training Programme on GP-Patient Communication in Palliative Care; a Controlled Clinical Trial  
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treatment after screening on malnutrition in primary care.  
Studying quality indicators of end-of-life by reviewing hospitalised cancer patients’ records  
Suffering of incurable cancer patients in general practice  
Medical end-of-life decisions: implications for public health policy.  
Developing training in genetics/genomics for primary care health workers  
From 'hard' fixations to 'soft' domotics in dementia care  
Evaluation of the pilot project palliative home care among GPs in Amsterdam (PaTZ).  
An individualised quality of life intervention for patients admitted to a hospital-based palliative care unit  
Mom@Work: Return to work after childbirth  
Mismatch in the brain: Behavioral and neural correlates of explicit, cognitive processes during speech comprehension  
Economic aspects of patient safety in Dutch hospitals.  
Avoiding hospitalizations at the end of life.  
Development of a non-invasive test to diagnose obstructive hydronephrosis among newborns  
SHELTER: Services and health for elderly in long term care.  
Neonatal screening and beyond