Projects
An examination of the contribution of e-bikes to older adults’ mobility, physical activity and social participation Ghent University
Worldwide, population ageing challenges societies to come up with strategies that foster active and healthy ageing. A crucial component of active ageing is the maintenance of mobility, which is closely interlinked with physical activity and social participation. At first sight, electrical bicycles (ebikes) may offer a solution to promote older adults’mobility, physical activity and social participation. However, more information about e-bike ...
Queer people in straight systems: The impact of sexual orientation laws on the health of sexual minorities Institute of Tropical Medicine
Globally, sexual minorities (i.e., people whose sexual identities, behaviors, or attractions differ from the heterosexual majority) face considerable health disparities compared to their sexual majority peers, such as higher levels of depression and anxiety, worse physical health, and higher rates of suicide attempts1,2,3 . Individual and interpersonal drivers involved in the creation of these adverse health outcomes ...
Influence of primary and revision spinal fusion surgery on spinopelvic parameters and global sagittal profile. KU Leuven
Although tremendously better insights in the static 2D characteristics of spinal alignment have been achieved the last decade, these are not the main driver of self-perceived HRQOL in Adult Spinal Deformity (ASD) patients. The current state-of-the-art diagnostic algorithm of patient profiling, which is based on 2D spinopelvic alignment analysis and demographic data, fails therefore to analyze the true impact of a spinal deformity on the adult ...
New avenues in the management of pelvic floor disorders: experimental secondary prevention and medium term outcomes of abdominal mesh surgery KU Leuven
Pelvic floor disorders (PFD) include pelvic organ prolapse (POP), urinary (UI) & fecal incontinence (FI), sexual dysfunction and pelvic pain. Twelve years after first vaginal delivery around 23% of women leak urine at least once a week, and around 24% of women have stage 2+ POP1 The prevalence of FI in women increases with age, from 6% in women < 40 years rising to 15% in older women. Up to 50% of the patients with FI also report UI.2 ...
Constructs of HRQoL and mental well-being. University of Antwerp
Validating predictive models of radiotherapy toxicity to improve quality-of-life and reduce side-effects in cancer survivors Ghent University
REQUITE aims to develop validated clinical models and incorporate biomarkers to identify before treatment cancer patients at risk of side-effects and use the models to design interventional trials aimed at reducing side-effects and improving QoL in cancer survivors who underwent radiotherapy
REQUITE will:
1. carry out a multi-centre, obeservational study to collect standardised data and samples in breast, prostate and ...
Healthy grandparenting: The impact of non-residential grandchild care on physical activity and sedentary behavior in people aged 50 years and over. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Economic Evaluations of Welfare Interventions: from Hurdles to Implementation KU Leuven
Social welfare is defined as a broad concept including various systems of social services such as healthcare, social care, employment, housing and societal regeneration. In one way or another, these social services have an impact on an individual’s well-being.
Effective social welfare interventions are aiming at inducing long-term changes on both the individual as well as environmental levels in order to improve an individual’s ...