Researchers Michelle van Rijn

Michelle van Rijn

Nursing Researcher

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Biography

Michelle van Rijn is currently pursuing a full-time PhD at the General Practice & Nursing Science department of the Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht. Her PhD focuses on symptom management and self-care in patients with heart failure and will end in December 2027.

From 2014 to 2024, Michelle worked as a nurse in the cardiology department at UMC Utrecht. In 2020, she completed her master’s degree in Nursing Science, and from 2021 to 2024, she worked part-time as a nurse scientist in the cardiothoracic surgery department at UMC.

Keywords: General Practice & Nursing Science, self-care, self-management, heart failure

Trefwoorden: Huisartsgeneeskunde & Verplegingswetenschap, zelfzorg, zelfmanagement, hartfalen

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mrijn3@umcutrecht.nl

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Lessons learned from the MOMENT study on how to recruit and retain a target population online, across borders, and with automated remote data collection Andrew Belfiglio, Shayleigh Dickson Page, Sara Pettersson, Michelle van Rijn, Ercole Vellone, Heleen Westland, Kenneth E Freedland, Christopher Lee, Anna Strömberg, Douglas Wiebe, Subhash Aryal, Barbara Riegel, Tiny Jaarsma
PLoS ONE, 2024, vol. 19

Use of virtual reality in preoperative education of cardiac surgery patients – A feasibility study Michelle M. van Rijn, Linda M. de Heer, Jenny Nieuwenhuis-Wendt, Niels P. van der Kaaij, Eveline G.E. Moolenaar, Daan Halle van der Ham, Lars van der Plank, Heleen Westland, Saskia W.M. Weldam
Patient Education and Counseling, 2024, vol. 129

Optimizing support before and after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy implantation in co-creation with patients with heart failure, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals Heleen Westland, Michelle van Rijn, Mathias Meine, Tiny Jaarsma
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2024, vol. 23, p.886-894

Symptom characteristics, perceived causal attributions, and contextual factors influencing self-care behaviors Barbara Riegel, Shayleigh Dickson Page, Subhash Aryal, Christopher S Lee, Andrew Belfiglio, Kenneth E Freedland, Anna Stromberg, Ercole Vellone, Heleen Westland, Michelle M van Rijn, Sara Pettersson, Douglas J Wiebe, Tiny Jaarsma
Patient Education and Counseling, 2024, vol. 123