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Overview

Judith B. Prins is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and has a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Oncology. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Sociology and Political Science; and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Prins's research addresses a range of topics largely centered on cancer and related health issues. Key areas of investigation include:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

The research output includes papers published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice
  • Supportive Care in Cancer
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Among the recent papers associated with Prins are:

  • The prevalence and related factors of fatigue in patients with COPD: a systematic review (2021), European Respiratory Review
  • Association of Salpingectomy With Delayed Oophorectomy Versus Salpingo-oophorectomy With Quality of Life in BRCA1/2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers (2021), JAMA Oncology
  • Associations Between Maternal Depression, Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy, and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes (2021), Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Psychological problems among cancer patients in relation to healthcare and societal costs: A systematic review (2021), Psycho-Oncology
  • Psychosocial Aspects of Living Long Term with Advanced Cancer and Ongoing Systemic Treatment: A Scoping Review (2022), Cancers

Judith B. Prins has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • José A. E. Custers
  • Linda Kwakkenbos
  • Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw
  • Esther Deuning-Smit
  • Winette T.A. van der Graaf

Best Publications

  • Chronic fatigue syndrome

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

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

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

  • From normal response to clinical problem: definition and clinical features of fear of cancer recurrence

    Sophie Lebel;Gozde Ozakinci;Gerald Humphris;Brittany Mutsaers

  • Effect of Psychological Intervention on Fear of Cancer Recurrence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Nina M Tauber;Mia S O'Toole;Andreas Dinkel;Jacqueline Galica

  • Identifying physical activity patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome using actigraphic assessment

    Sieberen P van der Werf;Judith B Prins;Jan H.M.M Vercoulen;Jos W.M van der Meer

  • The Cancer Worry Scale: detecting fear of recurrence in breast cancer survivors.

    José A. E. Custers;Sanne W. van den Berg;Hanneke W. M. van Laarhoven;Eveline M. A. Bleiker

  • Symptoms in the palliative phase of children with cancer

    J.M.J. Theunissen;P.M. Hoogerbrugge;T. van Achterberg;J.B. Prins

  • Efficacy of Blended Cognitive Behavior Therapy for High Fear of Recurrence in Breast, Prostate, and Colorectal Cancer Survivors: The SWORD Study, a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marieke van de Wal;Belinda Thewes;Marieke Gielissen;Anne Speckens

  • How does cognitive behaviour therapy reduce fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome? The role of physical activity

    J. F. Wiborg;H. Knoop;M. Stulemeijer;J. B. Prins

  • Fatigue in disease-free cancer patients compared with fatigue in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

    Petra Servaes;Sieberen Van Der Werf;Judith Prins;Stans Verhagen

  • Genotype-phenotype studies in nail-patella syndrome show that LMX1B mutation location is involved in the risk of developing nephropathy.

    Ernie M H F Bongers;Frans T Huysmans;Elena Levtchenko;Jacky W de Rooy

  • The faster the better?—A systematic review on distress in the diagnostic phase of suspected cancer, and the influence of rapid diagnostic pathways.

    Pepijn Brocken;Judith B. Prins;P. N. Richard Dekhuijzen;Henricus F. M. van der Heijden

  • Patients' Views on the Impact of Stroke on Their Roles and Self: A Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies

    Ton Satink;Ton Satink;Edith H. Cup;Irene Ilott;Judith Prins

  • Fear of cancer recurrence in colorectal cancer survivors.

    José A. E. Custers;Marieke F. M. Gielissen;Stephanie H. V. Janssen;Johannes H. W. de Wilt

  • The central role of cognitive processes in the perpetuation of chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Hans Knoop;Judith B. Prins;Rona Moss-Morris;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Mindfulness-based stress reduction added to care as usual for lung cancer patients and/or their partners: A multicentre randomized controlled trial.

    M.P.J. Schellekens;D.G.M. van den Hurk;J.B. Prins;A.R.T. Donders

  • Post-Traumatic Growth and Resilience in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: An Overview

    Suzanne R Greup;Suzanne E J Kaal;Rosemarie Jansen;Eveliene Manten-Horst

  • The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) and a single screening question as screening tools for depressive disorder in Dutch advanced cancer patients

    Franca Warmenhoven;Eric van Rijswijk;Yvonne Engels;Cornelis Kan

  • Fatigue after breast cancer and in chronic fatigue syndrome: Similarities and differences

    Petra Servaes;Judith Prins;Stans Verhagen;Gijs Bleijenberg

  • Early salpingectomy (TUbectomy) with delayed oophorectomy to improve quality of life as alternative for risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers (TUBA study): a prospective non-randomised multicentre study

    Marline G. Harmsen;Marieke Arts-de Jong;Nicoline Hoogerbrugge;Angela H. E. M. Maas

Frequent Co-Authors

Belinda Thewes
Belinda Thewes University of Sydney
Hans Knoop
Hans Knoop Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Anne E. M. Speckens
Anne E. M. Speckens Radboud University
Han G. Brunner
Han G. Brunner Radboud University
Eni S. Becker
Eni S. Becker Radboud University
Suzanne K. Chambers
Suzanne K. Chambers University of Technology Sydney
Phyllis Butow
Phyllis Butow University of Sydney
Myra S. Hunter
Myra S. Hunter King's College London
Robbert Sanderman
Robbert Sanderman University of Groningen
Josée Savard
Josée Savard Université Laval

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