Publications by authors named "Ellen Cruyt"
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- The SMACC checklist was created to guide the development and evaluation of self-management support programs for people with chronic conditions and was validated through an international Delphi study.
- The study involved two rounds of feedback from 54 professionals in self-management, focusing on clarity, relevance, and alignment with the checklist's goals, achieving a consensus on the majority of items.
- Ultimately, the SMACC checklist was affirmed as a valid resource that can effectively enhance existing frameworks for self-management support in research and clinical settings.
Introduction: Engaging in meaningful activities contributes to health and wellbeing. Research identifies meaningfulness by analysing retrospective and subjective data such as personal experiences in activities. Objectively measuring meaningful activities by registering the brain (fNIRS, EEG, PET, fMRI) remains poorly investigated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEhlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorder affect daily life. There is a lack of research that investigates how the disease affects aspects of participation. This study investigates whether there is a difference in the level of participation in society in persons with vascular EDS (N = 18), hypermobile EDS (N = 20), classical EDS (N = 4) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (N = 27), compared to a healthy control group (N = 69) and fibromyalgia (N = 69).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The spread of COVID-19 has affected people's daily lives, and the lockdown may have led to a disruption of daily activities and a decrease of people's mental health.
Aim: To identify correlates of adults' mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown in Belgium and to assess the role of meaningful activities in particular.
Methods: A cross-sectional web survey for assessing mental health (General Health Questionnaire), resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), meaning in activities (Engagement in Meaningful Activities Survey), and demographics was conducted during the first Belgian lockdown between April 24 and May 4, 2020.