dr. N. (Nienke) Bleijenberg Assistant Professor

Department of Public Health, Healthcare Innovation & Evaluation and Medical Humanities (PHM)

Contact

nbleijen@umcutrecht.nl

Research programs

Infection & Immunity

Biography
Side Activities
Research Output
Fellowship and Awards

Biography

Nienke has the ambition to improve primary care for independently living older people. To achieve this goal her research focuses on the development and evaluation of nurse-led intervention programs in primary care aimed to prevent functional decline and maintain independence. She is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care at the department of general practice and the department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science (UMC Utrecht). She also works at the Leidsche Rijn Julius Gezondheidscentra as a project manager for elderly care. Since 2012 Nienke is a lecturer at the master program Nursing Science / Clinical Health Sciences at Utrecht University. Nienke is involved in several (National) projects that has been conducted within the National Care for the Elderly Program, a National initiative from the Ministry of Health launched in 2008.

Side Activities

Visiting scholar University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Divison of Geriatrics and School of Nursing
Member of the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), Honor Society of Nursing, Rho Chi Chapter at large.
Member European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS).
Counselor for the Rho Chi Chapter at large, Nursing Science Utrecht and University Medical Center Utrecht.
Member European REFLECTION NETWORK for development and evaluation of complex interventions.

Research Output

Increasing value and reducing waste by optimizing the development of complex interventions: Enriching the development phase of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Framework

Bleijenberg N, van Ginkel JM, Trappenburg JCA, Ettema RGA, Sino Carolien G, Heim N, Hafsteindottir TB, Richards David A, Schuurmans MJ 1 Feb 2018 In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 79, p. 86-93 8 p.

Cost-Effectiveness of a Proactive Primary Care Program for Frail Older People: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Bleijenberg N, Drubbel I, Neslo REJ, Schuurmans MJ, ten Dam Valerie H., Numans ME, de Wit GA, de Wit NJ 1 Dec 2017 In: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 18, p. 1029-1036 8 p.

Disability in the individual ADL, IADL, and mobility among older adults: A prospective cohort study

Bleijenberg N, Zuithoff NPA, Smith A. K., de Wit NJ, Schuurmans MJ Oct 2017 In: The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 21, p. 897-903 8 p.

Patient Characteristics Associated With a Successful Response to Nurse-Led Care Programs Targeting the Oldest-Old: A Comparison of Two RCTs

Bleijenberg N, Imhof Lorenz, Mahrer-Imhof Romy, Wallhagen Margaret I., de Wit NJ, Schuurmans MJ 1 Jun 2017 In: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing. 14, p. 210-222 13 p.

Measurement properties of the EQ-5D across four major geriatric conditions: Findings from TOPICS-MDS

Lutomski Jennifer E., Krabbe Paul F M, Bleijenberg N, Blom Jeanett, Kempen Gertrudis I J M, MacNeil-Vroomen Janet, Muntinga Maaike E., Steyerburg Ewout, Olde Rikkert Marcel G M, Melis René J.F., Bleijenberg N, Blom J. W., Melis R.J.F., Muntinga M. E., Steyerberg Ewout W., Gussekloo J., Olde Rikkert Marcel G M, van den Brink D.R., Lutomski J.E., Qin L., van Kempen G, Krabbe P. F M, Buurman B.M., van der Horst H.E., de Rooij S.E.J.A., Schols Jos M. G. A., Schuurmans MJ, Smilde D. A., 3 Mar 2017 In: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes [E]. 15

Examining the construct and known-group validity of a composite endpoint for the Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey Minimum Data Set (TOPICS-MDS); A largescale data sharing initiative

Hofman Cynthia S., Lutomski Jennifer E., Boter Han, Buurman Bianca M., De Craen Anton J M, Donders A Rogier T, Rikkert Marcel G M Olde, Makai Peter, Melis René J.F., Bleijenberg N, Blom J. W., van Kempen G, Krabbe P. F M, Moll van Charante E.P., Muntinga M. E., Steyerberg Ewout W., Gussekloo J., van der Horst H.E., Olde Rikkert Marcel G M, de Rooij S.E.J.A., Schols Jos M. G. A., Schuurmans MJ, Smilde D. A., van den Brink D.R., Qin L., 1 Mar 2017 In: PLoS ONE [E]. 12

Implementatie van een proactief zorgprogramma voor kwetsbare ouderen in de huisartsenpraktijk: van onderzoek naar praktijk

Bleijenberg N, de Jonge Artine, Brand Morris P, O'Flynn Caitriona, Schuurmans MJ, de Wit NJ Dec 2016 In: Tijdschrift voor gerontologie en geriatrie. 47, p. 234-248 15 p.

Fatigue as a long-term risk factor for limitations in instrumental activities of daily living and/or mobility performance in older adults after 10 years

Muller S, Bleijenberg N, van der Schouw YT, Schuurmans MJ 9 Nov 2016 In: Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2016, p. 1579-1587 9 p.

Effectiveness of a Proactive Primary Care Program on Preserving Daily Functioning of Older People: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Bleijenberg N, Drubbel I, Schuurmans MJ, ten Dam Hester, Zuithoff NPA, Numans ME, de Wit NJ Sep 2016 In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 64, p. 1779-1788

Refining the MRC framework development phase: towards successful complex interventions

Bleijenberg N, van Ginkel JM, Trappenburg JCA, Ettema RGA, Sino C. G. M., Heim N, Hafsteindottir TB, Richards D. A., Schuurmans MJ Sep 2016 In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 72, p. 46-46

All Research Output (26)

Fellowship and Awards

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