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The impact of in-centre haemodialysis treatment on the everyday life of older adults with end-stage kidney disease : a qualitative study Universiteit Gent KU Leuven
Background Older adults with end-stage kidney disease experience a diminished ability to perform the activities of their daily life. For those living at home, the initiation of in-centre haemodialysis treatment (ICHD) carries a risk of cascading functional decline leading to early nursing home placement and mortality. Research on how older adults adapt to their newly impacted daily life is scarce. Methods Individual semi-structured interviews ...
Industrial representations of Belgian Limburg miners in the 1950s: labour, everyday life, and corporate culture Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The aim of this paper is the analysis of the photographic representations of (Belgian) Limburg Miners in the 1950s, in view to learn about the changing (mining) community and shrinking labor Market at that time. Specific attention will be paid to the so-called industrial representations of these miners, taking different levels of the workers' life into account (everyday life, labor and industrial welfare) (Margolis, 1998). A historical and ...
Open dementia project: Empathic tools between magic and everyday life KU Leuven
In Chinese society like in many cultures, persons with dementia suffer some level of stigmatisation. For this reason a dementia research/care centre in Hong Kong (China) initiated the design of the “dementia experience tool”. Its main goal is to create public understanding through inviting the general public to experience dementia. The dementia research/care centre commissioned a social design research lab team (two of the authors are part of ...
Validation of commercial activity trackers in everyday life of people with Parkinson’s disease Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen KU Leuven
Maintaining physical activity is an important clinical goal for people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD). We investigated the validity of two commercial activity trackers (ATs) to measure daily step counts. We compared a wrist- and a hip-worn commercial AT against the research-grade Dynaport Movemonitor (DAM) during 14 days of daily use. Criterion validity was assessed in 28 PwPD and 30 healthy controls (HCs) by a 2 x 3 ANOVA and intraclass ...
A rating measure of ADHD-related neuropsychological impairment in children and adolescents: Data from the Cognition and Motivation in Everyday Life (CAMEL) Scale from population and clinical samples KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
A new parent-completed questionnaire, the Cognition and Motivation in Everyday Life (CAMEL) scale, was developed to provide a comprehensive assessment of neuropsychological impairment in children related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) across diverse cognitive, motivational and energetic domains. Its psychometric properties were investigated. A total of 60 items were generated to cover a wide range of putative ADHD-related ...
Siblings' experiences of everyday life in a family where one child is diagnosed with blood cancer : a qualitative study Universiteit Gent
Background: Childhood cancer not only presents challenges to the life of the child with cancer but also to the siblings' daily family life. The aim of the current study was to gain a better understanding of siblings' experiences of living in a family where one child has been diagnosed with blood cancer. Method: Ten siblings of children with leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma completed a semistructured interview about their everyday family life ...
The prism of everyday life : towards a new research agenda for time geography Universiteit Gent Universiteit Antwerpen
Everyday life in (front of) the screen: the consumption of multiple screen technologies in the living room context Universiteit Gent
Today's (home) media environment is becoming increasingly saturated. Smartphones, tablets and laptops enter our living room and possibly alter our television viewing experience. In this paper, we want to grasp how U+2018screen technologiesU+2019 are interrelated on a textual (content) and a material level (technological object), from a user perspective. By means of domestic in-depth interviews with owners of multiple screen technologies, we ...