CAPHRI PhD Dissertations 2023
Explore all PhD dissertations completed at CAPHRI in 2023, showcasing the breadth and depth of research within our institute. The dissertations are organized by research line, reflecting CAPHRI’s approach to public health and primary care. In 2023, CAPHRI proudly supported 61 successful PhD defences.
Browse the dissertations from 2023 by research line:
Ageing and Long-Term Care
Quality of life, health and social needs of slum-dwelling older adults in Ghana
Priscilla Adumoah Attafuah
There is an I in WE: collaborative awareness in the dedicated palliative care approach for persons with dementia
Chaan Khemai
Struggling with daily care dilemmas: insights in involuntary treatment use among persons living with dementia receiving professional home care
Vincent Moermans
Improving the implementation of transitional care innovations
Amal Fakha
Technostress among health professionals: The blame game between health professionals and technology
Christoph Golz
Frailty screening in older hospitalized patients
Ronaldus Warnier
Restraint use in somatic acute care hospitals: do we need to care?
Silvia Thomann
Towards improved multidisciplinary stroke care for older people
Tom Vluggen
Dehydration in the nursing home
Simone Paulis
Creating Value-Based Health Care
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a tool to mobilise Health in All Policies
Susan Elizabeth Green
Patient-centred haemorrhoidal disease management
Sara Kuiper
Institutional Context and Female Entrepreneurship in the Baltics
Sanita Rugina
Hitting the TARGET in primary care - Working towards integrated and person-centred care
Rowan Smeets
Unravelling socioeconomic and regional differences in health and healthcare expenditures in the Netherlands
Rachelle Meisters
Evidence on Hospital Accreditation to Leverage its Prospects for Improvement The Case of Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Hussein
A three-level drug epidemiology of Novel Psychoactive Substances use and health-related harms from an international perspective
Jessica Neicun
Economic burden of multiple sclerosis in low- and middle income countries
Jalal Dahham
Organizational and financial aspects affecting care transitions in long-term care systems: analysis of selected European countries
Estera Wieczorek
Systematic evaluation, replication and validation of structural health economic modelling approaches: lessons learned in the field of obesity
Björn Schwander
Functioning, Participation and Rehabilitation
Towards tailored medication self-management: needs of and support for patients with limited health literacy
Boudewijn Visscher
Quality of rheumatic care: monitoring and patient-centered care
Esther Beckers
A step towards understanding fatigue and the cost of walking in persons with multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis
Kyra Theunissen
One size does not fit all: moving towards health literacy responsive rheumatology care
Mark Bakker
Unraveling the underlying mechanisms behind chronic spinal pain and their response to treatment, with special focus on chronic whiplash-associated disorders
Carlos Ezcurra
LIFT it! Novel steps in research on lumbar spondylolisthesis
Inge Caelers
The biomechanical consequences of hallux rigidus and treatment on gait and clinical functioning
Jasper Stevens
Anterior cruciate ligament injuries in children and adolescents
Martijn Dietvorst
Chondrocytes: ribosomes in the spotlight
Alzbeta Chabronova
Impaired spinal stability in fractures and metastases of the thoracolumbar spine
Ilknur Sanli
Relations between health status and labour participation outcomes among older workers over time
Jacqueline Jennen
The Next Step Perturbation-based balance training and falls prevention in older adults
Marissa Gerards
Clinical application of mass spectrometry imaging for analysis of bone and cartilage
Sylvia Nauta
Personalized preventive child health care: the “360°child-profile” studies
Miriam Weijers
Osteoporosis, (bone) fractures and fracture liaison services: Health-related quality of life, clinical and economic outcomes
Nannan Li
Health Inequities and Societal Participation
Towards tailored medication self-management: needs of and support for patients with limited health literacy
Boudewijn Visscher
Promoting sustainable employability of employees in low-skilled jobs
Emmelie Hazelzet
Physicial activity, sedentary behaviour and markers of cardiovascular and brain diseases; Does one size fit all?
Evelien Vandercappellen
The impact of the great recession and fiscal policy on the effectiveness and accessibility of the Portuguese public national health service and its most vulnerable users
Julia Doetsch
Patient rights implementation in health facilities in Karnataka, India: a critical perspective on governance
Meena Putturaj
Personalized preventive child health care: the “360°child-profile” studies
Miriam Weijers
Optimising Patient Care
Towards tailored medication self-management: needs of and support for patients with limited health literacy
Boudewijn Visscher
Studies on high flow and hand ischaemia associated with an upper extremity haemodialysis access
Michael Gerrickens
Optimising care for people with chronic conditions: the Assessment of Burden of Chronic Conditions tool
Esther Boudewijns
Optical coherence tomography for non-invasive diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma
Fieke Adan
Generic interchangeability: Between science and regulation
Pieter Jelte Glerum
Impact of a comprehensive multi-component health literacy module on dietary and physical activity patterns of adolescents studying in schools of Delhi, India
Tina Rawal
The Integration of Health Promotion in Primary School Settings: Challenges and Opportunities
Marla Hahnraths
Implementation of tobacco control policies in India: a realist evaluation
Pragati Hebbar
Low-smoke chulha and health consequences in Indian slums
Megha Thakur
Promoting Health & Personalised Care
Towards tailored medication self-management: needs of and support for patients with limited health literacy
Boudewijn Visscher
Seizing the moment: the role of general practice in providing smoking cessation care
Naomi van Westen-Lagerweij
Understanding patient perspectives: online access to medical records
Rosa Thielmann
Towards useful complexity in health behavior research
Samvel Mkhitaryan
Diabetes Mellitus and Comorbidity: Studies in Indian Primary Healthcare
Sandipana Pati
Discussing alcohol: strategies and return-on-investment of implementing alcohol measurement and brief advice in Latin America
Adriana Solovei
Scaling up alcohol prevention in primary health care: exploring factors influencing alcohol screening in Colombia, Mexico and Peru
Daša Kokole
StEM [Stem en Ervaringen van Moeders] Voices and experiences of mothers
Maria Vogels-Broeke
Getting in control: Towards optimal self-management support for chronically ill patients with limited health literacy
Marieke van der Gaag
The measurement of body composition and outcome in critically ill patients
Michelle Baggerman
Occurrence, determinants and outcomes of multimorbidity in primary care: the Indian landscape
Sanghamitra Pati
The Integration of Health Promotion in Primary School Settings: Challenges and Opportunities
Marla Hahnraths
Implementation of tobacco control policies in India: a realist evaluation
Pragati Hebbar
Low-smoke chulha and health consequences in Indian slums
Megha Thakur
