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In this RCT we combine cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with a maintenance contract and a specific diet (very low calorie diet), to obtain and maintain favourable effects on weight and risk profile over the long term.
The main goal of this study is to examine the effectiveness of a smoking prevention program for primary school children. The program should provide the pupils with attitudes, knowledge and skills to refuse cigarettes when they make the transition to…
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the CARe methodology in terms of rehabilitation, participation, empowerment, hope and confidence, fullfilled needs for care and quality of life. The central research question is: *Does the support…
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a newly developed interdisciplinary tailor-made social fitness programme on the participation in meaningful social activities of community-dwelling older people with dementia and…
The aim of the current proposal is to compare the (cost)effectiveness of a 12-month multidimensional lifestyle approach for SMI outpatients to usual care to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors in SMI patients. Secondary research questions include…
The main objective is to examine whether different negative emotions have different behavioral and physiological effects on opponents in bargaining and whether these behavioral or physiological effects influence each other. We focus on anger and…
The main objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a lifestyle program in enhancing the health of adults with an intellectual disability and overweight.
In this trial we will compare two ways of suturing the ileostomy, intracutaneous sutures or transcutaneous sutures (hence the acronym ISI-trial; Intracutaneously Stitched Ileostomy trial). There is no consensus about which technique should be used.…
pg 7-8One objective of this study is to assess whether preventive health consults for elderly people reach the elderly and whether the consults result in a better attendance to existing interventions. This objective is operationalized by the…
This project aims to disseminate current CT programs on smoking, fruits and vegetables consumption, physical activity and alcohol consumption to the general public within one generic E-Health Passport that integrates the information of the health…
-To test the efficacy and determine the costs of a multifaceted intervention program to reduce falls incidence rate and fear of falling, and thereby improve mental wellbeing in community dwelling frail elders, with high level of comorbidity and…
Therefore the present study is aimed at answering the following question: does cognitive and graded activity training (COGRAT) lead to a clinically significant reduction of subjective fatigue complaints in stroke patients, when compared with…
Primary objective:To determine whether moderate alcohol consumption with a meal in different ambiances affects postprandial mood, evaluated by subjective (POMS, B-BAES, PPW questionnaires) and physiological (ACTH, cortisol, TRP:LNAA ratio, ghrelin…
The current proposal aims at testing an innovative, implementable, effective intervention strategy towards stopping of passive smoke exposure in children at risk for asthma.
The effectiveness of an e-health intervention will be tested by means of a randomized controlled trial. The control condition consists of psycho-education on pregnancy, stress and smoking. The primary outcome measure is smoking (frequency of women…
The study aims to extend current insights into the effectiveness of nudging by examining neural correlates in two specific areas important for choice architecture; the role of social influences, and the role of colour cues in product evaluation and…
The aim of the present study is to determine the effectiveness of the RISE intervention on reducing sedentary behavior after discharge from acute hospital care in community dwelling people with a stroke, who have a sedentary movement behavioral…
To investigate the effect of FCR during hospital stay, accompanied by FICare, on parental stress at discharge in parents of preterm (born before 37 weeks of gestational age) or ill (for instance with sepsis or small for gestational age) infants…
Victims of IPV, living in an unsafe and unhealthy situation, are faced with a broad range of physical and emotional symptoms. Standard and easy-accessible care to facilitate change into a safer situation is lacking. The project aims to launch an…
The study aims to answer the following research questions:1. How high/low are levels of symptomatology of depression and/or PTSD in traumatised refugee children in ASC?2. Do symptom levels decrease after a short-term trauma-focused intervention?3.…