Nena Kruithof

Zuyd University of Applied Science

Introduction A hip fracture can be experienced as a traumatic event that can induce psychological distress. The aim of this study is to give more insight into the prevalence of symptoms of psychological distress in older patients following the first year after a hip fracture. In addition, prognostic factors were determined for psychological distres...

Background Well-advised priority setting in prevention and treatment of injuries relies on detailed insight into costs of injury. This study aimed to provide a detailed overview of medical and productivity costs due to injury up to two years post-injury and compare these costs across subgroups for injury severity and age. Methods A prospective lon...

Background Although mortality rates following major trauma are continuing to decline, a growing number of patients are experiencing long‐term disability. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with health status in the first year following trauma and develop prediction models based on a defined trauma population. Methods The Brab...

Introduction: While the number of trauma patients surviving their injury increase, it is important to measure Quality of Life (QoL). The Abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) questionnaire can be used to assess QoL. However, its psychometric properties in trauma patients are unknown and therefore, we aimed to investig...

Introduction/Background Differences between retrospectively collected pre-injury Health-related Quality of Life (HRQoL) data and population norms might be partly explained by differences in the distribution of educational level between cohorts. The first aim of this study was to examine whether retrospectively collected pre-injury HRQoL of the Dutc...

Quality of life (QoL) following a physical trauma is still insufficiently known from a patient perspective. The aim of this study was to qualitatively report perceived changes in QoL after trauma. Focus groups were conducted. Patients admitted to the hospital were eligible for inclusion if they had a lower extremity trauma, severe injuries, or seve...

Background: Over the past decades, the number of survivors of injuries has rapidly grown. It has become important to focus more on the determinants of non-fatal outcome. Although socio-economic status (SES) is considered to be a fundamental determinant of health in general, the role of SES as a determinant of non-fatal outcome after injury is larg...

Introduction: Trauma is a major public health problem worldwide that leads to high medical and societal costs. Overall, improved understanding of the full spectrum of the societal impact and burden of injury is needed. The main purpose of the Brabant Injury Outcome Surveillance (BIOS) study is to provide insight into prevalence, predictors and rec...

Objective: Our objective is to investigate the feasibility and validity of a new instrument to screen for determinants of poststroke fatigue during the rehabilitation process. Design and setting: This prospective cohort study was conducted within the stroke department of a rehabilitation center. Participants: The participants in the study were...

Objective: To investigate the beneficial and adverse effects of a mental practice intervention on activities, cognition and emotion in patients after stroke, patients with Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis.Methods: Electronic databases PubMed/Medline, PEDro, Science Direct, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO, Rehadat, Embase, and Picarta were searc...