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Gijs Bleijenberg

Gijs Bleijenberg

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Medicine

D-Index
86
Citations
27244
World Ranking
14131
National Ranking
539

Overview

Gijs Bleijenberg is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans across the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with particular work in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Oncology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and General Health Professions.

The scholar's research focus covers several main topics, including:

  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Frequent co-authors of Gijs Bleijenberg include Hans Knoop, Pythia T. Nieuwkerk, Fabiola Müller, Hanneke Poort, and Marlies Peters.

Their work has been published in several notable venues such as Annals of Oncology, Psychological Medicine, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Journal of Medical Internet Research, and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Recent papers by Gijs Bleijenberg include:

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy or graded exercise therapy compared with usual care for severe fatigue in patients with advanced cancer during treatment: a randomized controlled trial, 2020, Annals of Oncology
  • Short fatigue questionnaire: Screening for severe fatigue., 2020, Journal of Psychosomatic Research
  • Does the effect of cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) vary by patient characteristics? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis, 2023, Psychological Medicine
  • Recruiting Adolescents With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis to Internet-Delivered Therapy: Internal Pilot Within a Randomized Controlled Trial, 2020, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Condition or cognition? Mechanism of change in fatigue in a randomized controlled trial of graded exercise therapy or cognitive behavior therapy for severe fatigue in patients with advanced cancer., 2021, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Best Publications

  • Dimensional assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome

    Jan H.M.M. Vercoulen;Caroline M.A. Swanink;Jan F.M. Fennis;Joep M.D. Galama

  • Chronic fatigue syndrome

    Judith B Prins;Jos W M van der Meer;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Fatigue among working people: validity of a questionnaire measure.

    Anna J H M Beurskens;Ute Bültmann;IJmert Kant;Jan H M M Vercoulen

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Judith B. Prins;Gijs Bleijenberg;Ellen Bazelmans;Lammy D. Elving

  • Fatigue in cancer patients during and after treatment: prevalence, correlates and interventions.

    P Servaes;C Verhagen;G Bleijenberg

  • Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution.

    William C Reeves;Andrew Lloyd;Suzanne D Vernon;Nancy Klimas

  • Effects of Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Severely Fatigued Disease-Free Cancer Patients Compared With Patients Waiting for Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marieke F.M. Gielissen;Stans Verhagen;Fred Witjes;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Determinants of chronic fatigue in disease-free breast cancer patients: a cross-sectional study

    P. Servaes;S. Verhagen;G. Bleijenberg

  • Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in chronic fatigue syndrome.

    J.H.M.M. Vercoulen;C.M.A. Swanink;F.G. Zitman;S.G.S. Vreden

  • Minimization of childhood maltreatment is common and consequential: results from a large, multinational sample using the childhood trauma questionnaire

    Kai MacDonald;Michael L. Thomas;Andres F. Sciolla;Beacher Schneider

  • The persistence of fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome and multiple sclerosis: Development of a model

    J.H.M.M Vercoulen;C.M.A Swanink;J.M.D Galama;J.F.M Fennis

  • Psychosocial interventions for reducing fatigue during cancer treatment in adults

    Martine Margaretha Goedendorp;Marieke F M Gielissen;Constantijn A H H V M Verhagen;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial.

    Maja Stulemeijer;Lieke W A M de Jong;Theo J W Fiselier;Sigrid W B Hoogveld

  • Clinical neurophysiology of fatigue.

    M.J. Zwarts;G. Bleijenberg;B.G.M. van Engelen

  • Treatment of the spastic pelvic floor syndrome with biofeedback.

    Gijs Bleijenberg;Han C. Kuijpers

  • The spastic pelvic floor syndrome. A cause of constipation.

    Han C. Kuijpers;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Measurement of prolonged fatigue in the working population: determination of a cutoff point for the checklist individual strength.

    Ute Bültmann;Maaike de Vries;Anna J. H. M. Beurskens;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Prognosis in chronic fatigue syndrome: a prospective study on the natural course.

    J.H.M.M. Vercoulen;C.M.A. Swanink;J.F.M. Fennis;J.M.D. Galama

  • Physical activity in chronic fatigue syndrome assessment and its role in fatigue

    J.H.M.M. Vercoulen;E. Bazelmans;C.M.A. Swanink;J.F.M. Fennis

  • The course of severe fatigue in disease-free breast cancer patients: a longitudinal study.

    P. Servaes;M. F. M. Gielissen;S. Verhagen;G. Bleijenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Knoop
Hans Knoop Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Judith B. Prins
Judith B. Prins Radboud University
Jos W. M. van der Meer
Jos W. M. van der Meer Radboud University Medical Center
B.G.M. van Engelen
B.G.M. van Engelen Radboud University
Marcus J.H. Huibers
Marcus J.H. Huibers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
P.L.C.M. van Riel
P.L.C.M. van Riel Radboud University
Anna Beurskens
Anna Beurskens Maastricht University
Ivan Toni
Ivan Toni Radboud University
Peter Hagoort
Peter Hagoort Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
George W. Padberg
George W. Padberg Radboud University

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