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R.A. Asbjornsen (Rikke)

Guest PhD Candidate

About Me

Rikke Aune Asbjørnsen is an external PhD candidate at the Department of Psychology, Health and Technology at the University of Twente, and is connected to the Department of Digital Health Research at Oslo University Hospital, Norway. She also works as a Research and Innovation Advisor at Vestfold Hospital Trust in Norway. Her research focus on support of sustainable behavior change, health and wellbeing through (digital) technologies. The PhD investigates how to support behavioral self-regulation of people with obesity to achieve long-term weight loss maintenance, through design, development and evaluation of a digital behavior change intervention. 

Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
Cardiovascular Diseases
Health
Maintenance
Motivation
Self-Management
Systematic Reviews
Technology
Weight Loss

Publications

Recent
Asbjornsen, R. A., Børøsund, E., Hjelmesæth, J., Smedsrød, M. L., Ollivier, M., Clark, M. M. , Wentzel, J. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2024). System Use Findings from a Pilot Trial with the Digital Weight Loss Maintenance Intervention eCHANGE. Poster session presented at The 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, SBM 2024, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Asbjornsen, R. A., Børøsund, E., Hjelmesæth, J., Ollivier, M. , Wentzel, J., Clark, M. M. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2023). Long-term Weight Maintenance After Weight Loss: Preliminary Findings from the eCHANGE Pilot Trial. Poster session presented at The 44th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, BMS 2023, Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Asbjornsen, R. A., Børøsund, E., Hjelmesæth, J., Smedsrød, M. L., Ollivier, M. , Wentzel, J. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2023). Engaging with eCHANGE - Users’ Experiences with an App-based Weight Loss Maintenance Intervention: A Pilot-Trial. Poster session presented at 12th Supporting Health by Technology Conference 2023, Enschede, Netherlands.
Asbjornsen, R. A., Ollivier, M., Smedsrød, M. L., Hjelmesæth, J. , Wentzel, J., Clark, M. M. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2022). Design Features for Long Term Weight Loss Maintenance: User Experiences and Preferences from the eCHANGE Pilot Trial. Poster session presented at The 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Asbjornsen, R. A. , Wentzel, J., Smedsrød, M. L., Ollivier, M., Hjelmesæth, J. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2021). Co-creating with patients and other stakeholders: design of an eHealth intervention to support long-term behavior change and weight loss maintenance (eCHANGE). Poster session presented at 10th Supporting Health by Technology 2021, Enschede, Netherlands.
Asbjornsen, R. A. , Wentzel, J., Smedsrød, M., Ollivier, M., Hjelmesæth, J. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2020). Co-creating with patients and other stakeholders: Design of an eHealth intervention to support long-term behavior change and weight loss maintenance. Poster session presented at 10th Supporting Health by Technology, 2021, Enschede, Netherlands.
Asbjornsen, R. A. , Wentzel, J., Smedsørd, M., Hjelmesæth, J., Clark, M. , van Gemert-Pijnen, L. J. E. W. C., & Solberg Nes, L. (2020). Personalized eHealth technology for weight maintenance and long term behavior change. Poster session presented at Design4Health 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Other Contributions

Implementation Strategies to Enhance the Implementation of eHealth Programs for Patients With Chronic Illnesses: Realist Systematic Review (Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019) Varsi C, Solberg Nes L, Kristjansdottir OB, Kelders SM, Stenberg U, Zangi HA, Børøsund E, Weiss KE, Stubhaug A, Asbjørnsen RA, Westeng M, Ødegaard M, Eide H. DOI: 10.2196/14255

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Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Cubicus (building no. 41)
De Zul 10
7522NJ  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Cubicus
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands