Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Dr. Heleen Westland is assistant professor at the Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht. She worked as a (senior) registered nurse (2001-2008) and a clinical nurse leader (2008-2012) at the cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery department. She obtained her Master of Science Degree in Nursing Science (2009, cum laude) and Epidemiology (2018) at the Utrecht University. In 2019, she obtained her PhD at the Utrecht University focusing on self-management support by nurses of patients with a chronic condition.
She continued her scientific career as an assistant professor focusing on understanding and optimizing patients’ self-management of their chronic condition to improve personalized support and patients’ outcomes.
Currently, dr. Westland is investigating how to optimize the support of patients with heart failure in monitoring and managing their symptoms (senior scientist Dekkerbeurs, Dutch Heart Foundation, 2023).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/heleen-westland-7561b310/
Education/Academic qualification
University Teaching Qualification (BKO), Academy UMC Utrecht
Award Date: 1 Oct 2021
Master Epidemiology postgraduate, Utrecht University
Award Date: 1 Dec 2018
Master in Nursing Science (cum laude), Utrecht University
Award Date: 1 Oct 2009
Bachelor in Nursing
Award Date: 1 Sept 2001
External positions
Editorial Board member - Reviewen van aangeboden manuscripten op geschiktheid voor publicatie in het journal, board meetings - European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 3999
Keywords
- RT Nursing
- self-management
- self-care
- chronic illness
- nursing science
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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Rheumatoid arthritis patients' perspective on the use of prediction models in clinical decision-making
Messelink, M. A., Fadaei, S., Verhoef, L. M., Welsing, P., Nijhof, N. C. & Westland, H., Mar 2025, In: Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 64, 3, p. 1045-1051 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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How do patients with rheumatoid arthritis perceive their self-care and self-care support? A mixed-method study
Westland, H., Kuiper, S., van den Bovenkamp, C., Blaas, E. & Jaarsma, T., Oct 2024, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 80, 10, p. 4310-4322 13 p., doi.org/10.1111/jan.16103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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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
Belfiglio, A., Page, S. D., Pettersson, S., van Rijn, M., Vellone, E., Westland, H., Freedland, K. E., Lee, C., Strömberg, A., Wiebe, D., Aryal, S., Riegel, B. & Jaarsma, T., 16 Sept 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 9 Septeber, 13 p., e0307440.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Optimizing support before and after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy implantation in co-creation with patients with heart failure, informal caregivers and healthcare professionals
Westland, H., van Rijn, M., Meine, M. & Jaarsma, T., Nov 2024, In: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 23, 8, p. 886-894 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Patterns of self-care decision-making and associated factors: A cross-sectional observational study
Lee, C. S., Freedland, K. E., Jaarsma, T., Strömberg, A., Vellone, E., Page, S. D., Westland, H., Pettersson, S., van Rijn, M., Aryal, S., Belfiglio, A., Wiebe, D. & Riegel, B., Feb 2024, In: International Journal of Nursing Studies. 150, 8 p., 104665.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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