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Researcher
Ruben Willems
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62
Results
2026
Preventing cardiovascular complications in adults with congenital heart disease : predictors and outcomes of the levels of follow-up care
Fouke Ombelet
Ruben Willems
Steffen Fieuws
Eva Goossens
Katya De Groote
Werner Budts
Stephanne Moniotte
Michèle de Hosson
Liesbet Van Bulck
Julie De Backer
et al.
U
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY
2026
2025
A snapshot of country-specific dietary habits and obesity in European children : the Feel4Diabetes study
Lubna Mahmood
Luis A. Moreno
Peter Schwarz
Ruben Willems
Greet Cardon
Soukaina Hilal
Imre Rurik
Violeta Iotova
Yuliya Bazdarska
Roumyana Dimova
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
2025
Cost-effectiveness of a digital supportive healthcare pathway for type 2 diabetes compared to usual care in Belgium
Lisa Van Wilder
Delphine De Smedt
Lieselotte Sandra
Dorien Vandormael
Joyce Kaes
Ruben Willems
Jeroen Trybou
A1
Journal Article
in
DIGITAL HEALTH
2025
Factors Influencing the Experience of Client-Centeredness in Flemish (Proxy) Budget Holders: a Moderation Analysis
Eva Pattyn
Paul Gemmel
Ruben Willems
Susan Lagaert
Jeroen Trybou
U
Journal Article
in
Health Policy
2025
Factors influencing the experience of empowerment in Flemish (proxy) budget holders: A regression analysis
Eva Pattyn
Paul Gemmel
Ruben Willems
Susan Lagaert
Jeroen Trybou
U
Journal Article
in
Health Policy
2025
Integrated depression care (IDECA) project : investment amount of strengthening general medical practice with a dedicated mental health professional
Ruben Willems
Kris Van den Broeck
Reini Haverals
Lieven Annemans
Pauline Boeckxstaens
Didier Schrijvers
Geert Goderis
Liesbeth Borgermans
C3
Conference
2025
Measuring Client-Centredness in Flemish Disability Respite Care Users: survey development and validation
Eva Pattyn
Ruben Willems
Jeroen Trybou
U
Conference
2025
Mental health services in Belgium
Ruben Willems
Kirsten Catthoor
Olivia Cools
Manuel Morrens
Piet Snoeck
Juan Tecco
Geert Dom
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY
2025
Prospective association between breakfast consumption frequency and BMI z-score among European school-aged children : the Feel4Diabetes study
Panayiota Kostarellou
Costas A. Anastasiou
Eva Karaglani
Violeta Iotova
Natalya Usheva
Tsvetalina Tankova
Imre Rurik
Stavros Liatis
Natalia Giménez Legarre
Luis A. Moreno
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
2025
Samen bouwen aan geestelijke gezondheid: de wetenschappelijke onderbouwing van een geïntegreerd beleidskader voor geestelijke gezondheidsbevordering in Vlaanderen
Eva Rens
Annelies Minne
Ruben Willems
Nick Verhaeghe
Coppens Evelien
Report
2025
Validation of the psychological empowerment scale and client-centered care questionnaire in budget holders with disabilities
Eva Pattyn
Paul Gemmel
Ruben Willems
Susan Lagaert
Jeroen Trybou
A1
Journal Article
in
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
2025
2024
Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards 2022 (CHEERS II) statement : a validated Dutch translation
Amber Werbrouck
Esther de Bekker-Grob
Maiwenn Al
Koen Putman
Ruben Willems
A1
Journal Article
in
EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH
2024
De financiering van geestelijke gezondheidszorgactoren doorgelicht : hoe verhoudt de huidige financiering zich tot de financieringsprincipes gericht op een kwaliteitsvolle geestelijke gezondheidszorg?
Ruben Willems
Walter Geuens
Ariane Ghekiere
Sofie Crommen
Peter Kraewinkels
Koen Lowet
Frieda Matthys
Koen Oosterlinck
Kristel Van de Velde
Anouk Vanlander
et al.
Report
2024
Factors influencing the experience of client-centeredness in Flemish (proxy) budget holders : a moderation analysis
Eva Pattyn
Paul Gemmel
Ruben Willems
Susan Lagaert
Jeroen Trybou
C3
Conference
2024
Factors influencing the experience of empowerment in Flemish (proxy) budget holders : a regression analysis
Eva Pattyn
Paul Gemmel
Ruben Willems
Susan Lagaert
Jeroen Trybou
C3
Conference
2024
Interview. Dossier: business of zorg. De financiering van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg kan beter
Ruben Willems
Article in a magazine
2024
Ontwikkeling van een vragenlijst voor het bevragen van de ervaringen van gebruikers betrokken in de pilootfase Rechtstreeks Toegankelijke Hulp (RTH)
Eva Pattyn
Ruben Willems
Jeroen Trybou
Report
2024
2023
Comparative effectiveness and implementation of digital health interventions for people with hypertension : systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
George Siopis
George Moschonis
Evette Eweka
Jenny Jung
Dominika Kwasnicka
Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare
Vimarsha Kodithuwakku
Ruben Willems
Nick Verhaeghe
Lieven Annemans
et al.
C3
Conference
2023
Cost effectiveness review of text messaging, smartphone application, and website interventions targeting T2DM or hypertension
Ruben Willems
Lieven Annemans
George Siopis
George Moschonis
Rajesh Vedanthan
Jenny Jung
Dominika Kwasnicka
Brian Oldenburg
Claudia d'Antonio
Sandro Girolami
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
2023
Cost of illness in patients with post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in Belgium
Ruben Willems
Nick Verhaeghe
Christian Perronne
Liesbeth Borgermans
Lieven Annemans
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2023
Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between family meals frequency and children's overweight/obesity in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study
Lubna Mahmood
Esther Gonzalez-Gil
Konstantinos Makrilakis
Stavros Liatis
Peter Schwarz
Sandra Hermann
Ruben Willems
Greet Cardon
Julie Latomme
Imre Rurik
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PEDIATRIC OBESITY
2023
Effectiveness, reach, uptake, and feasibility of digital health interventions for adults with hypertension : a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
George Siopis
George Moschonis
Evette Eweka
Jenny Jung
Dominika Kwasnicka
Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare
Vimarsha Kodithuwakku
Ruben Willems
Nick Verhaeghe
Lieven Annemans
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
LANCET DIGITAL HEALTH
2023
Effectiveness, reach, uptake, and feasibility of digital health interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes : a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
George Moschonis
George Siopis
Jenny Jung
Evette Eweka
Ruben Willems
Dominika Kwasnicka
Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare
Vimarsha Kodithuwakku
Nick Verhaeghe
Rajesh Vedanthan
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
LANCET DIGITAL HEALTH
2023
Health economic considerations to effectively implement telemonitoring of diabetic foot ulcer
Ruben Willems
Editorial material
2023
How health economic studies can help improve care of patients with congenital heart disease
Ruben Willems
Editorial material
2023
Implementation and operationalization of integrated people-centred health services delivery strategies in integrated osteoporosis care (IOC) initiatives : a systematic review
Caroline Verdonck
Ruben Willems
Liesbeth Borgermans
A1
Journal Article
in
OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL
2023
Osteoporosis care through an Integrated, People-Centred Health Services framework lens : a hybrid qualitative analysis of international patient experiences
Caroline Verdonck
Ruben Willems
Liesbeth Borgermans
A1
Journal Article
in
BMJ OPEN
2023
Physicians’ views on optimal use and payment system for telemedicine : a qualitative study
Sarah Raes
Lieven Annemans
Ruben Willems
Jeroen Trybou
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
2023
The Belgian Integrated DEpression Care (IDECA) project : implementation and scientific evaluation protocol
Ruben Willems
Kris Van den Broeck
Liesbeth Borgermans
C3
Conference
2023
Underlying motivations hampering Flemish primary care physicians from overcoming the barriers in osteoporosis care : an EMR-facilitated clinical reasoning study
Caroline Verdonck
Ellis Van Daele
Ruben Willems
Liesbeth Borgermans
Pauline Boeckxstaens
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
2023
2022
Can food parenting practices explain the association between socioeconomic status and children’s food intake? The Feel4Diabetes-study
Paloma Flores-Barrantes
Christina Mavrogianni
Iris Iglesia
Lubna Mahmood
Ruben Willems
Greet Cardon
Flore De Vylder
Stavros Liatis
Konstantinos Makrilakis
Remberto Martinez
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
2022
Cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices : a systematic review
Sarah Raes
Ruben Willems
Lieven Annemans
C3
Conference
2022
Different levels of care for follow-up of adults with congenital heart disease : a health economic approach
Ruben Willems
C3
Conference
2022
Frequency of family meals and food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study
Lubna Mahmood
Esther M. González-Gil
Sandra Herrmann
Greet Cardon
Flore De Vylder
Ruben Willems
Stavors Liatis
Luis A. Moreno
Yannis Manios
Jaana Lindström
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
2022
Last year of life of adults with congenital heart diseases : causes of death and patterns of care
Liesbet Van Bulck
Eva Goossens
Lucas Morin
Koen Luyckx
Fouke Ombelet
Ruben Willems
Werner Budts
Katya De Groote
Julie De Backer
Lieven Annemans
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL
2022
Parental food consumption and diet quality and its association with children’s food consumption in families at high risk of type 2 diabetes : the Feel4Diabetes-study
Lubna Mahmood
Luis A. Moreno
Paloma Flores-Barrantes
Christina Mavrogianni
Peter Schwarz
Konstantinos Makrilakis
Stavros Liatis
Greet Cardon
Ruben Willems
Imre Rurik
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
2022
Patients' perspectives as a catalyst for action to improving osteoporosis care
Caroline Verdonck
Liesbeth Borgermans
Ruben Willems
Report
2022
2021
An early health technology assessment of 3D anatomic models in pediatric congenital heart surgery : potential cost-effectiveness and decision uncertainty
Philip Tack
Ruben Willems
Lieven Annemans
A1
Journal Article
in
EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH
2021
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a school- and community-based intervention to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevent type 2 diabetes in vulnerable families across Europe : the Feel4Diabetes-study
Ruben Willems
Konstantina Tsoutsoulopoulou
Ruben Brondeel
Greet Cardon
Konstantinos Makrilakis
Stavros Liatis
Jaana Lindström
Jemina Kivelä
Esther M. González-Gil
Natalia Giménez-Legarre
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
2021
Cross-sectional associations between mothers and children’s breakfast routine : the Feel4Diabetes study
Natalia Giménez-Legarre
Alba Santaliestra-Pasías
Greet Cardon
Rurik Imre
Violeta Iotova
Jemina Kivelä
Stavros Liatis
Konstantinos Makrilakis
Christina Mavrogianni
Tatjana Milenkovic
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NUTRIENTS
2021
Different levels of care for follow-up of adults with congenital heart disease
Ruben Willems
C3
Conference
2021
Different levels of care for follow-up of adults with congenital heart disease : a cost analysis scrutinizing the impact on medical costs, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits
Ruben Willems
Fouke Ombelet
Eva Goossens
Katya De Groote
Werner Budts
Stéphane Moniotte
Michèle de Hosson
Liesbet Van Bulck
Ariane Marelli
Philip Moons
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
2021
Influenza vaccination in patients with congenital heart disease in the pre-COVID-19 era : coverage rate, patient characteristics, and outcomes
Philip Moons
Steffen Fieuws
Corinne Vandermeulen
Fouke Ombelet
Ruben Willems
Eva Goossens
Liesbet Van Bulck
Michèle de Hosson
Lieven Annemans
Werner Budts
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
2021
Longitudinal associations between food parenting practices and dietary intake in children : the Feel4Diabetes study
Paloma Flores-Barrantes
Iris Iglesia
Greet Cardon
Ruben Willems
Peter Schwarz
Patrick Timpel
Jemina Kivelä
Katja Wikström
Violeta Iotova
Tsvetalina Tankova
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
NUTRIENTS
2021
Provision of palliative care to adults with congenital heart disease at the end of life
Liesbet Van Bulck
Eva Goossens
Koen Luyckx
Fouke Ombelet
Ruben Willems
Michèle de Hosson
Lieven Annemans
Werner Budts
Julie De Backer
Stéphane Moniotte
et al.
C3
Conference
2021
Step count associations between adults at risk of developing diabetes and their children : the Feel4Diabetes study
Paloma Flores-Barrantes
Greet Cardon
Iris Iglesia
Luis A. Moreno
Odysseas Androutsos
Yannis Manios
Jemina Kivelä
Jaana Lindström
Marieke De Craemer
Vicky Van Stappen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
2021
2020
A health economic analysis of adult congenital heart disease care: exploration of the subsidiarity principle
Ruben Willems
Julie De Backer
Lieven Annemans
Dissertation
2020
A trial-based cost-utility analysis of metastasis-directed therapy for oligorecurrent prostate cancer
Elise De Bleser
Ruben Willems
Karel Decaestecker
Lieven Annemans
Aurélie De Bruycker
Valerie Fonteyne
Nicolaas Lumen
Filip Ameye
Ignace Billiet
Steven Joniau
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CANCERS
2020
Creating the BELgian COngenital heart disease database combining administrative and clinical data (BELCODAC) : rationale, design and methodology
Fouke Ombelet
Eva Goossens
Ruben Willems
Lieven Annemans
Werner Budts
Julie De Backer
Katya De Groote
Stéphane Moniotte
Liesbet Van Bulck
Ariane Marelli
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
2020
Long-term healthcare utilization, medical cost, and societal cost in adult congenital heart disease
Ruben Willems
Fouke Ombelet
Eva Goossens
Katya De Groote
Werner Budts
Stéphane Moniotte
Michèle de Hosson
Liesbet Van Bulck
Arianne Marelli
Philip Moons
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
2020
Methodology of the health economic evaluation of the Feel4Diabetes-study
Ruben Willems
Lore Pil
Christina-Paulina Lambrinou
Jemina Kivelä
Katja Wikström
Esther M Gonzalez-Gil
Pilar De Miguel-Etayo
Anna Nánási
Csilla Semánová
Vicky Van Stappen
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
BMC ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
2020
PA1 different levels of care for follow-up of adults with congenital heart disease
Ruben Willems
Fouke Ombelet
Eva Goossens
Katya De Groote
Werner Budts
Stéphane Moniotte
Michèle de Hosson
Liesbet Van Bulck
Ariane Marelli
Philip Moons
et al.
C3
Conference
2020
2019
Burn-out bij Belgische arts-specialisten in opleiding : exploratie van het relatieve belang van werkorganisatorische risicofactoren
Ruben Willems
Christel Monten
Gwendolyn Portzky
A4
Journal Article
in
ONCO HEMATO
2019
Direct medical costs of pediatric congenital heart disease surgery in a Belgian university hospital
Ruben Willems
Philip Tack
Katrien Francois
Lieven Annemans
A2
Journal Article
in
WORLD JOURNAL FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
2019
Evaluation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score as a screening tool for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and dysglycaemia among early middle-aged adults in a large-scale European cohort : the Feel4Diabetes-study
Christina Mavrogianni
Christina-Paulina Lambrinou
Odysseas Androutsos
Jaana Lindström
Jemina Kivelä
Greet Cardon
Nele Huys
Kaloyan Tsochev
Violeta Iotova
Nevena Chakarova
et al.
A1
Journal Article
in
DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE
2019
Opinions of general and adult congenital heart disease cardiologists on care for adults with congenital heart disease in Belgium : a qualitative study
Ruben Willems
Michèle de Hosson
Julie De Backer
Lieven Annemans
A1
Journal Article
in
CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG
2019
Real-world healthcare utilization in adult congenital heart disease : a systematic review of trends and ratios
Ruben Willems
Amber Werbrouck
Julie De Backer
Lieven Annemans
A1
Journal Article
in
CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG
2019
Real-world healthcare utilization in adult congenital heart disease : a systematic review of trends and ratios
Ruben Willems
Amber Werbrouck
Julie De Backer
Lieven Annemans
C3
Conference
2019
Systematic review: Association between the patient–nurse ratio and nurse outcomes in acute care hospitals
Herlinde Wynendaele
Ruben Willems
Jeroen Trybou
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF NURSING MANAGEMENT
2019
Systematic review: Patient-nurse ratio and nurse outcomes in acute care hospitals
Herlinde Wynendaele
Ruben Willems
Jeroen Trybou
C1
Conference
2019
2018
3D anatomic models in pediatric congenital heart surgery
Ruben Willems
Philip Tack
Lieven Annemans
C3
Conference
2018
Exploring the relative importance of work-organizational burnout risk factors in Belgian residents
Ruben Willems
Christel Monten
Gwendolyn Portzky
A1
Journal Article
in
MEDICAL EDUCATION ONLINE
2018