EEMCS-EE-BSS

My research focuses on personalized eHealth services for patients with chronic diseases and older adults. The main focus is to investigate how ambulant measured physiological data combined with behavioral change techniques, contextual information and motivational strategies can lead to personalized buddy systems that effectively enable people to manage their health themselves, whether or not supported by professional guidance.

Within the chair it is investigated how physiological data can be fed back to patients in order to improve their knowledge about the disease/health, but also how this physiological data can be used to coach the patient, either directly through technology or through professional support, to manage their disease/health. 

With regard to direct patient coaching through technology, it is investigated how information obtained in daily life can be used in personalized feedback strategies that motivate people to change , but also to maintain those changes for the longer term. For professional guidance, the research focuses on intelligent recommender systems in which holistic patient information is translated into treatment recommendations

An important aspect within the chair is that technology does not stand on its own, but is always considered within the possible context(s) of use. This means that a sociotechnical approach is used and that end-users and other stakeholders are always strongly involved

In addition to research into strategies, evaluation and implementation are important areas of research. Evaluation is always part of research, starting with a narrow focus on technical accuracy at low TRL levels to a multilevel and multi-stakeholder evaluation at higher TRL levels. Since standard clinical studies are often not suitable for complex eHealth interventions, there is a focus on developing new evaluation methodologies that provide sufficient evidence for the added value of the technology within the context of use.

Nourished by the 'second valley of death' that eHealth interventions suffer from, research is performed into successful implementation strategies. The focus is on strategies that support not only the patient to change, but also the professional, the organization or even partnerships.

Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Patient
    • Hip Fracture
    • Therapeutic Procedure
  • Psychology

    • Physical Activity
    • Treatment
    • Behavior
    • Questionnaires
  • Nursing and Health Professions

    • Malignant Neoplasm

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Stichting Marga KlompeRaad van Toezicht
  • MSTBOard of directors os MST

Publications

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2024

Face and content validity of a holistic assessment questionnaire to assess cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer (2024)Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior, 12(4), 293-307. Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Beenhakker, L., Siemerink, E. J. M., Achterkamp, R., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2024.2389007When it is part of me, I can do it: Using embodied empowerment to predict adherence to wearable self-care technology (2024)Computers in human behavior, 158. Article 108314. Nelson, E. C., Verhagen, T., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Noordzij, M. L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108314Rehabilitation of Frail Older Adults after Hip Fracture Surgery: Predictors for the Length of Geriatric Rehabilitation Stay at a Skilled Nursing Home (2024)Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(15). Article 4547. Krakers, S. M., Woudsma, S., van Dartel, D., Vermeer, M., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Hegeman, J. H.https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13154547Consequences of Data Loss on Clinical Decision-Making in Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Retrospective Cohort Study (2024)Interactive Journal of Medical Research, 13. Article e50849. den Braber, N., Braem, C. I. R., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R., Hermens, H. J., Urgert, T., Yavuz, U. S., Veltink, P. H. & Laverman, G. D.https://doi.org/10.2196/50849Game-based design for eHealth in practice (2024)JMIR Formative Research (Accepted/In press). De Vette, F., Ruiz-Rodriguez, A., Tabak, M., Nijeweme-D'Hollosy, W. O., Hermens, H. & Vollenbroek, M.https://doi.org/10.2196/13723Decision support towards optimal intervention for breast cancer patients who experience cancer-related fatigue (2024)Medical decision making, 44(3), NP182-NP182 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Beenhakker, L., Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Bode, C., Siesling, S. & Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X241236400

2023

A holistic profile for cancer-related fatigue for women with breast cancer–a qualitative study (2023)Psychology & health (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Wijlens, K. A. E., Beenhakker, L., Witteveen, A., Siemerink, E. J. M., Jansen, L., Gernaat, C., Schellekens, M. P. J., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2289457Development of machine learning models to predict cancer-related fatigue in Dutch breast cancer survivors up to 15 years after diagnosis (2023)Journal of cancer survivorship (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Beenhakker, L., Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Heins, M., Korevaar, J. C., de Ligt, K. M., Bode, C., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Siesling, S.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01491-1Patterns of physical activity over time in older patients rehabilitating after hip fracture surgery: a preliminary observational study (2023)BMC Geriatrics, 23(1). Article 373. van Dartel, D., Wang, Y., Hegeman, J. H., Vermeer, M., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R., Broersma, B., Brouwer, K., Folbert, E. C., Gerrits, T., Gommers, S. M., Harperink, A. J. M., Hofstra, P. T., Kemerink op Schiphorst, M. M., Lammerink-Smienk, N. M., Luttje, M. P., Marissen-Heuver, D. K., Mars, P. M. M., Nijhuis-Geerdink, M. A. H., Nijmeijer, W. S., … Woudsma, S.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04054-2Prediction of Physical Activity Patterns in Older Patients Rehabilitating After Hip Fracture Surgery: Exploratory Study (2023)JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 10. Article e45307. van Dartel, D., Wang, Y., Hegeman, J. H. & Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.https://doi.org/10.2196/45307Transparency in hip fracture recovery over institutional boundaries: The transmural monitoring pathway (2023)Clinical rehabilitation, 37(10), 1406-1419. Nijmeijer, W. S., van Dartel, D., de Groot, R., Woudsma, S., Folbert, E. C., den Braber, N., Vermeer, M., Hegeman, J. H. & Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155231166120Early Warning Scores to Support Continuous Wireless Vital Sign Monitoring for Complication Prediction in Patients on Surgical Wards: Retrospective Observational Study (2023)JMIR Perioperative Medicine, 6(1). Article e44483. van Rossum, M. C., Bekhuis, R. E. M., Wang, Y., Hegeman, J. H., Folbert, E. C., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R., Kalkman, C. J., Kouwenhoven, E. A. & Hermens, H. J.https://doi.org/10.2196/44483A Digital Coach (E-Supporter 1.0) to Support Physical Activity and a Healthy Diet in People With Type 2 Diabetes: Acceptability and Limited Efficacy Testing (2023)JMIR Formative Research, 7. Article e45294. Hietbrink, E. A. G., Oude Nijeweme-d’Hollosy, W., Middelweerd, A., Konijnendijk, A. A. J., Schrijver, L. K., ten Voorde, A. S., Fokkema, E. M. S., Laverman, G. D. & Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.https://doi.org/10.2196/45294Community living older adults’ appraisal of future health and care needs: a cross-sectional study (2023)Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 24(1-2), 42-53. van het Bolscher-Niehuis, M., Jansen-Kosterink, S. & Vollenbroek-Hutten, M.https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-09-2021-0067Monitoring of cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer in daily-life: from development towards implementation (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 12th Supporting Health by Technology Conference 2023. Wijlens, K. A. E., Beenhakker, L., Witteveen, A., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.

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