Publicaties

Background: Facing a terminal illness can be highly stressful and palliative care patients frequently suffer from mood symptoms. The focus of health care is often on treating symptoms whereas health-promoting factors receive less attention. The ai...

INTRODUCTION: Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs) are important for brain functioning and might, thus, influence cognition and school performance. However, research investigating LCPUFAs relationships with school performance is limite...

Objectives: Dual-task (DT) gait impairment in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and specifically in those with freezing of gait (FOG), reflects attentional dependency of movement. This study aimed to elucidate resting-state brain connectivity a...

The present systematic review critically examines the available scientific literature on risk factors for malnutrition in the older population (aged ≥65 y). A systematic search was conducted in MEDLINE, reviewing reference lists from 2000 until Ma...

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Many national guidelines concerning the management of ovarian cancer currently advocate the risk of malignancy index (RMI) to characterise ovarian pathology. However, other methods, such as subjective assessment, International Ovarian Tumour Analy...

INTRODUCTION: Treatment of haemophilia A (HA) requires infusions of factor VIII (FVIII) concentrates. The number of FVIII units infused to obtain a specific circulating FVIII level is calculated with the formula: [body weight (BW) (kg) × desired F...

Background and aims: The relationship between impaired postural control and freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson’s disease (PD) is still unclear. Our aim was to identify if postural control deficits and gait dysfunction progress differently in free...

BACKGROUND: Self-rated health (SRH) has in many population-based studies predicted adverse health outcomes, e.g. morbidity, permanent nursing home (NH) placement, and mortality. However, the predictive value of SRH to NH placement and mortality am...

BACKGROUND: Point-of-care C-reactive protein (CRP) testing of adults with acute respiratory infection in primary care reduces antibiotic prescribing by 22%. The acceptability and impact of CRP testing in children is unknown OBJECTIVE: To determine...

BACKGROUD AND AIMS: In 2010, there were an estimated 10 100 PWID in Belgium and 43% (34%-57%) were HCV infected. Understanding HCV transmission dynamics in high-risk populations and assessing the potential impact of improved HCV treatment strategi...

Nederlandse kinderen krijgen te snel het etiket “astma” opgespeld. Dat zegt de Nederlandse huisarts Ingrid Looijmans in een radio-interview. Ze onderzocht aan de Universiteit van Utrecht 5.000 dossiers van kinderen tussen 6 en 18 jaar. Daarvan kre...

The bitter taste receptor (TAS2R)-family of GPCRs has been identified on the tongue as detectors of bitter taste over a decade ago. In the last few years, they have been discovered in an ever growing number of extra-oral tissues, including the air...

BACKGROUD: The World Health Organization (WHO) released updated guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: A previously described HCV disease burden model was used to devel...

IMPORTANCE: Maternal fish intake in pregnancy has been shown to influence fetal growth. The extent to which fish intake affects childhood growth and obesity remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether fish intake in pregnancy is associated with...

Information about factors associated with condom use among Nepalese labor migrant couples that are considered being at high risk of HIV infection is not clearly understood. Therefore, we carried out a cross-sectional study to identify the factors ...

Morbidity and mortality in the elderly are associated with viral infections, including influenza and cytomegalovirus (CMV). With increasing age, cellular immunity gains importance in protection to influenza, but latent CMV is highly prevalent and ...

PURPOSE: Although cigarette smoking is a well established risk factor for urothelial cancer, its role in urothelial cancer prognosis is still undetermined. In this meta-analysis we quantify the role of lifetime smoking history in bladder cancer re...

Introduction: The Attitudes to Aging Questionnaire (AAQ) was developed to measure attitudes toward the aging process as a personal experience from the perspective of older people. The present study aimed to validate the French version of the AAQ. ...

De diagnose kanker kan een grote impact hebben op de relatie van een koppel. Het brengt verandering teweeg in hun relatie; rollen veranderen van partners naar patiënt versus mantelzorger. Deze veranderingen kunnen een grote invloed hebben op het f...