15 results match your criteria: "5211Maastricht University[Affiliation]"
Psychol Rep
February 2023
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, 5211Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
We examine whether information about a female candidate's relationship history, obtained from social media profiles, affects evaluations of her suitability for a student union board position. Moreover, we investigate whether it is possible to mitigate any bias against women with multiple partners by providing information about the origins of prejudice. We utilized a 2 (relationship history: multiple vs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, this commentary describes and compares shifting employment and occupational health social protections of low-wage workers, including self-employed digital platform workers. Through a focus on eight advanced economy countries, this paper identifies how employment misclassification and definitions of employees were handled in law and policy. Debates about minimum wage and occupational health and safety standards as they relate to worker well-being are considered.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDementia (London)
November 2022
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology/Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, 5211Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Objective: The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia is characterized by profound changes in personality and behavior that often start before the age of 65 years. These symptoms impact family life, particularly if (adult) children live at home. In research on young-onset dementia or frontotemporal dementia, the family itself is hardly ever a unit of analysis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol
March 2023
Department of Old Age Psychiatry, 26134Mondriaan Mental Health Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
Cognitive and behavioral aspects may mask posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in people with dementia. PTSD severely lowers quality of life in people with dementia. Proper recognition of PTSD is essential to ensure adequate treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Radiol
March 2023
Department of Radiology, 1228The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Accurate response evaluation in patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases (NELM) remains a challenge. Radiomics has shown promising results regarding response assessment.
Purpose: To differentiate progressive (PD) from stable disease (SD) with radiomics in patients with NELM undergoing somatostatin analogue (SSA) treatment.
Eval Health Prof
March 2023
Department of Health Promotion, 5211Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands.
The objective was to assess active ingredients, change mechanisms, and fidelity in interventions aiming to increase the quality of smoking cessation care in the Dutch primary healthcare setting. We conducted a systematic review searching five scientific databases on August 2nd, 2019, updated on October 28th, 2021. We included effect data of behavioural interventions aiming at improving the provision of smoking cessation support by Dutch primary care providers to their patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFToxicol Ind Health
September 2022
Care and Public Health Research Institute, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, 5211Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Human epidemiological studies have shown inconclusive results over the effects of diisocyanates on respiratory health problems. A meta-analysis combined evidence on the association between occupational asthma (OA), respiratory function, and toluene diisocyanate (TDI) inhalation exposure. Sixty-one articles on occupational toluene diisocyanate exposure were identified via two databases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDementia (London)
August 2022
Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, 5211Maastricht University, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands; Department of Research and Education, CIRO, Horn, Hornerheide, Netherlands.
A qualitative study was conducted to examine the experiences of informal caregivers of persons with dementia pertaining interprofessional collaboration with and among healthcare professionals in home care (HC), nursing homes and during home to nursing home transitions in palliative care. Semi-structured interviews were performed with bereaved informal caregivers. Data were analysed using a critical realist approach.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAngiology
September 2022
Department of Neurology & Stroke Program, 12264University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Despite the publication of several national/international guidelines, the optimal management of patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis (AsxCS) remains controversial. This article compares 3 recently released guidelines (the 2020 German-Austrian, the 2021 European Stroke Organization [ESO], and the 2021 Society for Vascular Surgery [SVS] guidelines) vs the 2017 European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) guidelines regarding the optimal management of AsxCS patients.The 2017 ESVS guidelines defined specific imaging/clinical parameters that may identify patient subgroups at high future stroke risk and recommended that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) should or carotid artery stenting (CAS) may be considered for these individuals.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDementia (London)
April 2022
TRANZO Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Tilburg University;, Tilburg, the Netherlands Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care, 5211Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Background: Dementia is widely considered a progressive condition associated with changes in cognitive capacities, which promotes the idea that people with dementia need to anticipate end-of-life care preferences. There is a growing body of interventions meant to support advance care planning (ACP) for people with dementia and their families. However, a deeper understanding of their experiences and expectations regarding planning the end of life is needed to inform ethically sound and person-centered ACP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActa Radiol
January 2023
Department of Radiology, 1228Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Patients with colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) who undergo thermal ablation are at risk of developing new CRLM after ablation. Identification of these patients might enable individualized treatment.
Purpose: To investigate whether an existing machine-learning model with radiomics features based on pre-ablation computed tomography (CT) images of patients with colorectal cancer can predict development of new CRLM.
J Aging Health
December 2021
Faculty of Psychology, 10198Open University of The Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
This study explores the effects of the Active Plus intervention aiming to decrease loneliness among older adults (>65 years) with chronic diseases. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was performed = 585; age: = 74.5 years, = 6.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Stroke
January 2022
Department of Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy Science and Sport, Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Background And Purpose: Deterioration of physical functioning after stroke in the long term is regarded as a major problem. Currently, the relationship between "peoples'" movement behavior patterns (the composition of sedentary behavior and physical activity during waking hours) directly after stroke and the development of physical functioning over time is unknown. Therefore, the objectives of this study were to investigate (1) the course of physical functioning within the first two years after returning home after stroke, and (2) the association between physical functioning and baseline movement behavior patterns.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDementia (London)
July 2021
Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), 5211Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Background: Partnerships between family and nursing staff in nursing homes are essential to address residents' needs and wishes. Collaboration is needed to create partnerships; nonetheless, challenges exist.
Aim: This study aimed to gain insights into the experiences of families collaborating with staff.
Can Assoc Radiol J
May 2021
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 8166University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has altered how medical education is delivered, worldwide. Didactic sessions have transitioned to electronic/online platforms and clinical teaching opportunities are limited. These changes will affect how radiology is taught to medical students at both the pre-clerkship (ie, year 1 and 2) and clinical (ie, year 3 and 4) levels.
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