Thomas Timmers
Radboud University Nijmegen
9 Papers
2 Citations
Thomas Timmers is an academic researcher from Radboud University Nijmegen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications.
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Papers
The Effect of an App for Day-to-Day Postoperative Care Education on Patients With Total Knee Replacement: Randomized Controlled Trial
Thomas Timmers,Loes Janssen,Walter van der Weegen,Dirk Das,Willem-Jan Marijnissen,Gerjon Hannink,Babette C. van der Zwaard,Adriaan Plat,Bregje J.W. Thomassen,Jan-Willem A. Swen,Rudolf B Kool,Frederik Okke Lambers Heerspink +11 more
TL;DR: In the four weeks following TKR, the active and day-to-day education of patients via the app significantly decreased their level of pain and improved their physical functioning, quality of life, ability to perform physiotherapy exercises and activities of daily self-care, satisfaction with information, perceived involvement by the hospital, and health care consumption compared to standard patient education.
Educating Patients by Providing Timely Information Using Smartphone and Tablet Apps: Systematic Review.
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that educating patients with timely medical information through their smartphones or tablets improves their levels of knowledge, medication or treatment adherence, satisfaction, and clinical outcomes, as well as having a positive effect on health care economics.
Supporting Women Undergoing IVF Treatment With Timely Patient Information Through an App: Randomized Controlled Trial
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the capacity of an app to support IVF patients throughout the different phases of their treatment and assess its effectiveness, and found that using the app leads to a higher level of knowledge about the steps and procedures of IVF treatment.
Importance of Patient Involvement in Creating Content for eHealth Interventions: Qualitative Case Report in Orthopedics
TL;DR: In this paper , patients from a large Dutch orthopedic clinic participated in semistructured one-on-one interviews and a focus group session to explore the added value of patient involvement in developing the content for an eHealth app.
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Estimating VO2peak in 18–90 Year-Old Adults: Development and Validation of the FitMáx©-Questionnaire
Renske de Meijer,Martijn van Hooff,Nicole Ellen Papen-Botterhuis,Charlotte J. L. Molenaar,Marta Regis,Thomas Timmers,Lonneke V. Van De Poll‐Franse,Hans H.C.M. Savelberg,Goof Schep +8 more
TL;DR: The FitMáx©-questionnaire is a valid and accessible questionnaire to estimate CRF expressed as VO2peak in clinical practice and shows substantial improvement compared to currently used questionnaires.
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