Research output

Publications

Vromans, R. D., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2022). Effects of comparative information when communicating personalized risks of treatment outcomes: An experimental study. Journal of Risk Research. PDF

Vromans, R. D.*., Hommes, S.*, Clouth, F. J., Lo-Fo-Wong, D. N. N., Verbeek, X. A. A. M., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., Pauws, S. C., & Krahmer, E. J. (2022). Need for numbers: Assessing cancer survivors’ needs for personalized and generic statistical information. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.

Krahmer, E. J., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Vromans, R. D. (2022). Gepersonaliseerde gezondheidsinformatie communiceren. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 166, d6787. PDF

Vromans, R. D., Tillier, C. N., Pauws, S. C., van der Poel, H. G., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2022). Communication, perception, and use of personalized side-effect risks in prostate cancer treatment decision-making: An observational and interview study. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(8), 2731-2739. PDF

van Eenbergen, M. C., Vromans, R. D., Tick, L. W., Vreugdenhil, A., Krahmer, E. J., Mols, F., & van de Poll-Franse, L. V. (2022). Comparing survivors of cancer in population-based samples with those in online cancer communities: Cross-sectional questionnaire study. JMIR Cancer, 8(1), e19379. PDF

Vromans, R. D., van Eenbergen, M. C., Geleijnse, G., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2021). Exploring cancer survivor needs and preferences for communicating personalized cancer statistics from registry data: Qualitative multimethod study. JMIR Cancer, 7(4), e25659. PDF

Clouth, F. J., Pauws, S. C., Mols, F., & Vermunt, J. (2021). A new three-step method for using inverse propensity weighting with latent class analysis. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, 1-21. PDF

Hommes, S., Vromans, R. D., Clouth, F. J., Verbeek, X., de Hingh, I., & Krahmer, E. J. (2021). Communication in decision aids for stage I-III colorectal cancer patients: A systematic review. BMJ Open, 11, e044472. PDF

Tillier, C., Vromans, R. D., Boekhout, A.H., Veerman, H., Wollersheim, B.,van Muilekom, H.A.M., Boellaard, T.N., van Leeuwen, P.J., van de Poll-Franse, L.V., & van der Poel, H.G. (2021). Individual risk prediction of urinary incontinence after prostatectomy and impact on treatment choice in patients with localized prostate cancer. Neurourology and Urodyamics, Early View, 1-9. PDF

Clouth, F. J., Moncada-Torres, A., Geleijnse, G., Mols, F., van Erning, F., de Hingh, I., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., Vermunt, J. K. (2021). Heterogeneity in quality of life of long-term colon cancer survivors: A latent class analysis of the population-based PROFILES registry. The Oncologist, 25, 1-8. PDF

Vromans, R. D., Pauws, S. C., Bol, N., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020). Communicating tailored risk information of cancer treatment side effects: Only words or also numbers? BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 20, 277. PDF

van Eenbergen, M. C., Vromans, R. D., Boll, D., Kil, P. J. M., Vos, C. M., Krahmer, E. J., Mols, F., & van de Poll-Franse, L. V. (2020). Changes in internet use and wishes of cancer survivors: A comparison between 2005 and 2017. Cancer, 126(2), 408-415. PDF

Hommes S., van der Lee C., Clouth F. J., Verbeek, X., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019). A personalized data-to-text support tool for cancer patients. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Natural Language Generation, Tokio, Japan, 443-452. PDF

Vromans, R. D., Tenfelde, K., Pauws, S. C., van Eenbergen, M. C., Mares-Engelberts, I., Velikova, G., van de Poll-Franse, L.V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019). Assessing the quality and communicative aspects of patient decision aids for early-stage breast cancer treatment: A systematic review. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 178(1), 1-15. PDF 

Vromans, R. D., van Eenbergen, M. C., Pauws, S. C., Geleijnse, G., van der Poel, H. G., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019). Communicative aspects of decision aids for localized prostate cancer treatment – A systematic review. Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations, 37(7), 409-429. PDF

Clouth, F. J., Geleijnse, G., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., Pauws, S. C., & Vermunt, J. (2019). Quality of life profiles of colon cancer survivors: A three-step latent class analysis. In Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies, Thessaloniki, Greece, 69. PDF

Under review

Hommes, S., Vromans, R. D., Bloemen, J., van Gent, S., Schipper, G., Verbeek, X., & Krahmer, E. J. (under review). Personalized predictions about quality of life after chemotherapy: Development of a data-driven support tool and initial evaluation of colorectal cancer patients and clinicians. Manuscript submitted for publication.

* These authors contributed equally.

Presentations

Hommes, S., Vromans, R.D., van Gent, S., Schipper, G., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020, November). A personalized decision aid for people with colorectal cancer: Interviews with patients. Abstract presented at Amsterdam Centre for Health Communication: Digital Health Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [online event]

Vromans, R. D., Pauws, S. C., Bol, N., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020, October). (Not) Taking it Personal: An Experimental Study into the Effects of Personalization and Message Format on the Interpretation of Cancer Treatment Side Effect Risks. Abstract presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Society of Medical Decision Making, Chicago, USA. [online event]

Vromans, R. D., Hommes, S., Clouth, F. J., Lo Wo-Fong, D., Pauws, S. C., Verbeek, X., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020, October). Need for numbers: A survey into the needs of cancer survivors for personalized and generic statistics. Abstract presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Society of Medical Decision Making, Chicago, USA. [online event]

Vromans, R. D., Pauws, S. C., Bol, N., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020, June). (Not) taking it personal: An experimental study into the effects of personalization and message format on the interpretation of cancer treatment side effect risks. Abstract presented at the 18th Biennial European Conference of the Society of Medical Decision Making, Berlin, Germany. [TOP-RATED ABSTRACT] [online event]

Hommes, S., Vromans, R. D., Clouth, F.J., Verbeek, X., Vermunt, J., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L.V., de Hingh, I., & Krahmer, E.J. (2020, June). Communication in decision aids for stage I-III colorectal cancer patients: A systematic review. Abstract presented at the 18th Biennial European Conference of the Society of Medical Decision Making, Berlin, Germany. [online event]

Vromans, R. D., Pauws, S. C., Bol, N., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020, February). The influence of personalization and message format on the interpretation of treatment side effect risks: An experimental study among cancer patients. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2020. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Hommes, S., Vromans, R. D., Clouth, F. J., Verbeek, X., de Hingh, I., & Krahmer, E. J. (2020, February). Informing cancer patients about treatment options: A systematic review of the quality of information in decision aids for colorectal cancer patients. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2020. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Hommes, S., Clouth, F. J., Vromans, R. D., Geleijnse, G., Pauws, S. C., Vermunt, J., Verbeek, X., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019, October). Data-driven shared decision-making on cancer treatment. Poster presented at Big Data & Gezondheid and Data2Person, Amersfoort, The Netherlands. PDF

Clouth, F. J., Geleijnse, G., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., Pauws, S. C., & Vermunt, J. (2019, September). Quality of life profiles of colon cancer survivors: A three-step latent class analysis. Abstract presented at the 16th Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies, Thessaloniki, Greece. PDF

Hommes, S., Vromans, R. D., Clouth, F. J., Verbeek, X., Vermunt, J., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., de Hingh, I., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019, June). Communicating cancer treatment options in decision aids: A systematic review. Paper presented at the 40th Language Bulletin (TABU) Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands,

Vromans, R. D., van Eenbergen, M. C., Pauws, S. C., Geleijnse, G. G., van der Poel, H. G., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019, May). Communicative aspects of decision aids for prostate cancer treatment: State of affairs, Limitations, and Recommendations. Paper presented at the 69th Annual International Communication Association Conference, Washington D.C., USA.

Vromans, R. D., Hommes, S., Clouth, F. J., Pauws, S. C., Vermunt, J., Geleijnse, G., van Eenbergen, M. C., Verbeek, X., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019, March). Data-driven shared decision-making on cancer treatment. Poster presented at ICT.OPEN 2019, Hilversum, The Netherlands. [BEST POSTER AWARD] PDF

Vromans, R. D., van Eenbergen, M. C., Pauws, S. C., Geleijnse, G. G., van der Poel, H. G., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019, March). Assessing the communicative aspects of decision aids for prostate cancer treatment: A systematic review. Abstract presented at ICT.OPEN 2019, Hilversum, The Netherlands. 

Vromans, R. D., Geleijnse, G., van Eenbergen, M. C., Pauws, S. C., van de Poll-Franse, L. V., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019, February). Communicating personalized cancer statistics: Challenges and opportunities. Paper presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap 2019. Nijmegen, The Netherlands. PDF