Mariken Stegmann

Research Institute SHARE This thesis is published within the Research Institute SHARE (Science in Healthy Ageing and healthcaRE) of the University Medical Center Groningen / University of Groningen. Further information regarding the institute and its research can be obtained from our internet site: http://www.share.umcg.nl/ Recent theses can be found in the list below. (Supervisors are between brackets) Wijnen A Rehabilitation policies following total hip arthroplasty; across borders (prof SK Bulstra, prof D Lazovic, dr M Stevens) Spinder N Maternal occupational exposure and congenital anomalies (prof HM Boezen, prof H Kromhout, dr HEK de Walle, dr JEH van Kammen ‐ Bergman) Driel ‐ de Jong TJW van Factors associated with the persistance of medically unexplained symptoms in later life (prof RC Oude Voshaar, prof JGM Rosmalen, Dr PH Hilderink, dr DJC Hanssen) Timkova V Self ‐ reported health outcomes in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea; unraveling the role of bio ‐ psycho ‐ social factors (prof U Bültmann, prof R Tkacova, dr JP van Dijk, dr I Nagyova) Alma HJ Discovering the dynamics of the minimal clinically important difference of health status instruments in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (prof T van der Molen, prof R Sanderman, dr C de Jong) Hylkema TH Total knee arthroplasy among working ‐ age patients (prof S Brouwer, prof SK Bulstra, dr M Stevens, dr PPFM Kuijer) Donk LJ van der Cancer survivors’ experience with depressive symptoms and their (low) need for psychological care; Lessons learned from a multi ‐ center randomized controlled trial (dr MJ Schroevers, dr J Fleer, prof R Sanderman) Hovenkamp ‐ Hermelink A The long ‐ term course of anxiety disorders; an epidemiological perspective (prof RA Schoevers, dr H Riese, dr B Jeronimus) Blikman T Neuropathic ‐ like symptoms in hip and knee osteoarthritis (prof SK Bulstra, dr M Stevens, dr I van den Akker ‐ Scheek) A 127 Research Institute SHARE