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The relevance of complementary or alternative medicine to treat mental health problems Ghent University
Underwriting Citizenship. The introduction of predictive medicine in life insurance KU Leuven
© Taylor & Francis 2014., © Frank Huisman and Harry Oosterhuis 2014. This chapter reflects the introduction of predictive medicine in private life insurance and its consequences for the construction of ideals of citizenship. It demonstrates how private insurance, applies the new definitions of health and disease of predictive medicine, contributes to new conceptualizations and ideals of citizenship. The framing of predictive medicine in ...
'A disease like any other' traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use and perspectives in the context of COVID-19 among the Congolese community in Belgium Ghent University
Background: As a hard-hit area during the COVID-19 pandemic, Belgium knew the highest mortality among people from sub-Saharan African descent, compared to any other group living in the country. After migration, people often maintain traditional perceptions and habits regarding health and healthcare, resulting in a high prevalence of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use among different migrant communities in northern urban ...
The Paralympic Athlete: Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science KU Leuven
This brand new Handbook addresses Paralympic sports and athletes, providing practical information on the medical issues, biological factors in the performance of the sports and physical conditioning. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction of the Paralympic athlete, followed by discipline-specific reviews from leading authorities in disability sport science, each covering the biomechanics, physiology, medicine, philosophy, sociology ...
The medicine of emotions and cognitions Ghent University
Cycling to work: influence on indexes of health in untrained men and women in Flanders. Coronary heart disease and quality of life Hasselt University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The purpose of this study was to examine if a 1-year lifestyle intervention study (cycling to work) has an influence on coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors and health-related quality of life, in previously untrained healthy adults. Healthy, untrained men and women, who did not cycle to work, participated in an intervention study. Sixty-five subjects (intervention group: IG) were asked to cycle to work at least 3 times a week and 15 ...
Long-term impact of stroke on patients’ Health-Related Quality of Life. Vrije Universiteit Brussel KU Leuven
Purpose: This international study aims to examine the size and determinants of the impact of stroke on five-year survivors’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in four different European countries. Method: Patients were recruited consecutively in four European rehabilitation centers. Five years after stroke, the EuroQol-visual analog scale (EQ-VAS) was administered in 226 first-ever stroke patients. Impact of stroke was determined by ...
Effect of an intervention on the congruence of nurses' and patients' perceptions of patient-centred care: a pre-test post-test study KU Leuven
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To evaluate measurement invariance of the Individualized Care Scale (ICS) across patients and nurses, and assess the degree of congruence in nurses' and patients' perceptions on patient-centredness and the impact of an intervention there on. METHODS: A pre-post intervention study design with an expert by experience intervention was conducted in 2016 to 2017. Nurses (n = 138) and patients (n = 199) of two hospital departments ...