Projects
mHealth Approaches in Sub- Saharan Africa and Participatory Design of mHealth app for Self-management of Diabetes KU Leuven
Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) defines e-Health as the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for health. e-Health enables public health and primary healthcare through activities such as disease surveillance, primary health data acquisition and analysis, support of community health workers, tele-consultation, tele-education, research and patient management. Managing a patient remotely using ICT is regarded as a ...
Developing an M-health intervention for type 2 diabetics: a better understanding of how and for whom this technology can work. Ghent University
Within this research project a mobile intervention will be developed for type 2 diabetics. This intervention will be based on the Self Determination Theory and will motivate them to adopt a healthier lifestyle. Besides investigating how the intervention influences patientsā health behaviors, mediating and moderating variables will also be identified.
Effectiveness of an eHealth self-management support program for persistent pain after breast cancer treatment Ghent University
The current state-of-the art advocates for a biopsychosocial rehabilitation approach for persistent pain after breast cancer treatment. Within this approach pain science education is combined with promotion of an active lifestyle based on self-regulation techniques. We argue for testing an innovative eHealth selfmanagement support program for this purpose. The assumption is that this delivery mode reduces barriers to pain self-management ...
Effectiveness of an eHealth self-management support program for persistent pain after breast cancer treatment KU Leuven
The scientific goals of the project are:
- The primary scientific objective of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an eHealth selfmanagement support program for persistent pain after breast cancer treatment compared to:
1) usual care (i.e. superiority of the eHealth self-management support program) and
2) a comprehensive pain rehabilitation program delivered face-to-face in a physical therapy setting (i.e. ...
Effectiveness of an eHealth self-management support program for persistent pain after breast cancer treatment: a pragmatic, multi-centric, randomized, controlled trial. University of Antwerp
Development and validation of promising integrated eHealth applications combined with nanotechnology for hospitalisation of heart failure patients at home Hasselt University
Re-engineering care in AlloSCT: an integrated model of care facilitated by eHealth ā The SMILe study - Belgium. KU Leuven
Allogenic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) is a curative treatment for various hematological diseases and has led to an increasing number of transplant survivors. However, alloSCT recipients have a high risk of developing complications and late effects, making them often very comparable to chronically ill patients. Current care models are predominantly acute care-oriented and lack an integrated care approach such as the Chronic Care Model ...
Piloting a novel, scalable, eHealth technology for the control and management of elevated Blood Pressure in Rwanda (HeartCare@Home Project) Ghent University
The main objective of this pilot project is to strengthen the College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS) at University of Rwanda (UR) to conduct research on a pilot project testing an innovative eHealth technology (HeartCare@Home system) to support the control and management of hypertension in outpatient noncommunicable disease (NCDs) clinics in Rwanda. This scalable new way of healthcare delivery will substantially improve the healthcare ...
Moving to an active lifestyle in cancer survivors: A context-aware personalized eHealth approach Ghent University
Many ex-cancer patients are aware that an active lifestyle is healthy, but fail to achieve it. Support that takes into account preferences and wishes (personalized) and context (at
home, at work, weather conditions, physical complaints...) is necessary. There is no such intervention available, also for ex-cancer patients. To realize this, an interdisciplinary
synergy wil! be created. The behavioral Science promoters will provide ...