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What did we learn about the behavior of people?
How people behave determines the course of a pandemic. Scientists Sake de Vlas and Denny Borsboom have spent the past year trying to gain insight into this.
Lees meerHundreds of Q fever patients still have many complaints 15 years after the outbreak
Patients with Q fever fatigue syndrome (QFS) still suffer from symptoms years after being infected. This is apparent from research by the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. More than half of the Q fever patients who participated in the study rate their lives as insufficient (5/10), fifteen years after the first Q fever outbreak.
Lees meerQVS database
In 2021, a long-awaited wish of patients was fulfilled: the creation of the QVS database. A national database in which medical data of patients with Q fever fatigue syndrome (QVS and QVS-similar) are collected and analyzed for four years. The database gives the patient insight into their own clinical picture, while at the same time…
Lees meerSexual health and safety of sex workers during COVID-19
We did research on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sexual health and safety of sex workers in the Netherlands. As part of the COVID-19 measures sex work was forbidden, but most of the sex workers did not have access to financial support from the government. As a result many sex workers were forced…
Lees meerTeam UP! Serious game for interprofessional collaboration
Nursing and medical students follow the module ‘interprofessional collaboration’ during their studies. In it, they learn what is involved in the collaboration between healthcare providers from different professional backgrounds. Role plays are often used to let the students experience the importance of communicating well. However, organizing role-playing sessions is costly and time-consuming. In collaboration with…
Lees meerDo you live in a Vinex neighborhood? Then you live eight years longer
Famke Molenberg | researcher healthy behavior: There are major health differences between neighborhoods in Rotterdam. Can that be changed? More sports, less fast food?
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