Qbi: widely usable in the healthcare world

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The Flow-effect

The’ Flow’ is created by an balance between concentration, effort, movement and interaction. One is fully absorbed in the activity. The sense of time fades, one forgets oneself and pain can disappear.

However, the activity is very challenging, but not too difficult to successfully carry out. The feeling of personal control over the situation makes it very nice to do. During the’ Flow’ situation, more substances are produced in the brain than usual, including endorphins and dopamine (both neurotransmitters), which have a positive influence on cognitive performance. Dopamine ensures that the nerves can communicate adequately with each other. Endorphin is in the first instance a natural painkiller and co-responsible for the development of the feeling of happiness.

A lot of research is done into the effects of the ‘Flow States’. One of the researchers in this field is psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and author Steven Kotler Director of ‘Research for the Flow Genome Project’.

Development and testing

During its development, Qbi has been extensively tested in various pilot phases by healthcare professionals and clients in various nursing homes and physiotherapy practices. Qbi has been tested with children, adolescents, Parkinson patients, CVA-patients, rehabilitation patients (after surgery), COPD-patients, people with memory problems and people with first stages of dementia.