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Cardol, Cinderella K. (author), van Middendorp, Henriët (author), Dusseldorp, Elise (author), van der Boog, Paul J.M. (author), Hilbrands, Luuk B. (author), Navis, Gerjan (author), Sijpkens, Yvo W.J. (author), Evers, A.W.M. (author), van Dijk, Sandra (author)Objective Psychological distress is common among patients with chronic kidney disease and can interfere with disease self-management. We assessed the effectiveness of the personalized E-GOAL electronic health care pathway with screening and cognitive-behavioral therapy including self-management support, aimed to treat psychological distress...journal article 2023
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Albers, N. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Aretz, N.L. (author), Ali, M. (author), Ekinci, A. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author)Virtual coaches have the potential to address the low adherence common to eHealth applications for behavior change by, for example, providing motivational support. However, given the multitude of factors affecting users’ attitudes toward virtual coaches, more insights are needed on how such virtual coaches can be designed to affect these...conference paper 2023
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Poot, Charlotte C. (author), Meijer, Eline (author), Bruil, Annet (author), Venema, Melanie (author), Vegt, N.J.H. (author), Donkel, Nicole (author), van Noort, Veronique (author), Chavannes, Niels H. (author), Roest, Arno A.W. (author)Background: Medical procedures can cause considerable stress and anxiety among children. Current interventions mainly diminish stress and anxiety during procedures, while stress and anxiety often build up at home. Moreover, interventions often focus on either distraction or preparation. eHealth can combine multiple strategies and provide a...journal article 2023
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- Versluis, Anke (author), Penfornis, Kristell M. (author), van Vliet, Milon (author), Albers, N. (author), Scheltinga, Bouke (author), van der Burg, Sven (author), Baccinelli, Walter (author), Meijer, Eline (author) abstract 2023
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Faber, J.S. (author), Poot, Charlotte C. (author), Dekkers, Tessa (author), Romero Herrera, N.A. (author), Chavannes, N.H. (author), Meijer, Eline (author), Visch, V.T. (author)Background: Current eHealth interventions are poorly adopted by people with low health literacy (LHL) as they often fail to meet their needs, skills, and preferences. A major reason for this poor adoption is the generic, one-size-fits-all approach taken by designers of these interventions, without addressing the needs, skills, and preferences...journal article 2023
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Omar Samir Abdelmoaty Mostafa Sheasha, Omar (author)A virtual coach, Sam, was created by the Perfect Fit project to aid users in establishing a foundation to stop smoking via the means of making them more physically active. Data from 500 users had been collected from them during stages which start with a pre-screening phase until a post-questionnaire phase. In the latter stage, they provided a...bachelor thesis 2022
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Aretz, Nadyne (author)The increase in health problems due to smoking or lack of physical activity has created the incentive to develop a virtual coach to help people with smoking cessation and increase physical activity. In this study, a mixed-methods analysis (thematic analysis, quantitative analysis, and a literature study) was carried out to find out what the...bachelor thesis 2022
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Ali, Mahira (author)Seeing the virtual coach as a friend is beneficial as it increases the motivation, confidence, and perseverance of the accompanying. Here, an investigation has taken place to what characteristics the virtual coach must possess to establish this friendly relationship. Thus, the main research question is: What are the reasons for seeing the...bachelor thesis 2022
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Acceptance of a Virtual Coach as Guided Intervention for Smoking Cessation: A Mixed-Methods AnalysisDechering, Jaap (author)As guided interventions are seen as more effective compared to unguided interventions and because the use of eHealth applications is rising over the years, the need to study the effects of a virtual coach as a substitute for guided interventions was created. A virtual coach does not cost as much time and money as a real coach and would thus be...bachelor thesis 2022
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Hizli, Beyza (author)Lack of physical activity is one of the main risk factors for the development of cardiovascular diseases. Although most people are aware of the risks of this poor health behavior, they have a hard time improving this behavior. Goal-setting is an effective step in the process of changing behavior. It can motivate a person and help them to remain...master thesis 2022
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Simons, L.P.A. (author), Gerritsen, B. (author), Wielaard, B. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author)High blood pressure is a leading cause of premature death. Healthy lifestyle choices (of diet, exercise, sleep and stress) could offer significant results. However, health literacy and -competence are lacking in most people, compared to best practice health choices, so there is room for improvement in creating hypertension self-management...conference paper 2022
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Albers, N. (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author), Penfornis, Kristell M. (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author)Background<br/>Despite their increasing prevalence and potential, eHealth applications for behavior change suffer from a lack of adherence and from dropout. Advances in virtual coach technology provide new opportunities to improve this. However, these applications still do not always offer what people need. We, therefore, need a better...journal article 2022
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Al-Dhahir, Isra (author), Reijnders, Thomas (author), Faber, J.S. (author), van den Berg-Emons, Rita J. (author), Janssen, Veronica R. (author), Kraaijenhagen, Roderik A. (author), Visch, V.T. (author), Chavannes, N.H. (author), Evers, A.W.M. (author)Promoting health behaviors and preventing chronic diseases through a healthy lifestyle among those with a low socioeconomic status (SES) remain major challenges. eHealth interventions are a promising approach to change unhealthy behaviors in this target group. Objective: This review aims to identify key components, barriers, and facilitators...review 2022
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Jongeneel, Alyssa (author), Libedinsky, Ilan (author), Reinbergen, Anouk (author), Tromp, N. (author), Delespaul, Philippe (author), Riper, Heleen (author), van der Gaag, Mark (author), van den Berg, D.A. (author)Background: Temstem is a mobile application developed in cooperation with voice-hearing persons to help them cope with distressing voices. After psychoeducation about voice hearing, Temstem offers two functions: Silencing is a mode designed to inhibit voice activity through the processing of incompatible language; the Challenging mode...journal article 2022
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Wang, T. (author), Giunti, Guido (author), Melles, M. (author), Goossens, R.H.M. (author)Background: The adoption and use of technology have significantly changed health care delivery. Patient experience has become a significant factor in the entire spectrum of patient-centered health care delivery. Digital health facilitates further improvement and empowerment of patient experiences. Therefore, the design of digital health is...review 2022
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Skvortsova, Aleksandrina (author), Cohen Rodrigues, Talia (author), de Buisonjé, David (author), Kowatsch, Tobias (author), Santhanam, Prabhakaran (author), Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S. (author), van Middendorp, Henriët (author), Evers, A.W.M. (author)BACKGROUND: eHealth interventions have the potential to increase the physical activity of users. However, their effectiveness varies, and they often have only short-term effects. A possible way of enhancing their effectiveness is to increase the positive outcome expectations of users by giving them positive suggestions regarding the...journal article 2022
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Baccinelli, Walter (author), van der Burg, Sven (author), Richardson, Robin (author), Scheltinga, Bouke (author), Albers, N. (author), Smits, Djura (author), Geng, Cunliang (author), Brinkman, W.P. (author), Reenalda, Jasper (author)Smoking tobacco and physical inactivity are key preventable behavioural risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Computerised coaching systems can help individuals to modify risky behaviours, thereby preventing CVD. However, most reported eHealth or computerized coaching systems are hard to reuse in slightly different settings. To provide...conference paper 2022
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Verschueren, Eveline (author)The Box contains monitoring devices patients can use to perform monitoring activities in the comfort of their home. The success of the service relies on active patient participation. With The Box, the treating medical team now has insights in the patient’s health condition from a distance. It doesn’t require the patient to be physically present...master thesis 2021
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Peters, Tess (author)In this graduation thesis I investigate how to design for patient empowerment in the context of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients in their follow-up phase (the first 5 years after treatment). This project is set up with the Erasmus MC and was initiated to elaborate on their current service called the Healthcare Monitor (HM). The HM is a...master thesis 2021
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Houwen, Julian (author)Problem In the current care pathway for patients suffering from a Myocardial Infarction (MI), a paradox has been identified in long-term chronic care: modification of cardiovascular risk factors reduce mortality and prevent recurrent cardiac events. However, MI survivors rarely change their lifestyle and relapse often in old habits. The...master thesis 2021