Mirjam A G Sprangers

Biographic Data

ID	4720544
NAME	Mirjam A G Sprangers
GIVEN NAMES	Mirjam A G
FAMILY NAME	Sprangers
SIGNATURE	SPRANGERS M A G
AFFILIATIONS	University of Amsterdam
ORCID	0000-0002-3728-6933
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	64
TOTAL CITATIONS	121
AUTHOR COUNT	64
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1987
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2024
H-INDEX	4

Toward an improved conceptualization of emotions in patients with cancer
Open AccessJoost Dekker, Elise Doppenberg-Smit et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024
Cancer and its associated treatment is a major stressor, leading to emotions such as anxiety or depressive mood. Human emotions have developed through the course of evolution because they facilitate adaptation to important events, such as cancer and its associated treatment. On the other hand, emotions can be maladaptive and interfere with adaptation to cancer. Emotions are maladaptive if they are disproportionally severe or persistent, and if th…
Response shift in results of patient-reported outcome measures: A commentary to The Response Shift—in Sync Working Group initiative
Open AccessMirjam A G Sprangers, Tolulope Sajobi et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021
Future response shift research will benefit from collaboration among diverse people, formulating alternative hypotheses of response shift, and conducting the most conclusive studies aimed at testing these (falsification)
Response shift in patient-reported outcomes: Definition, theory, and a revised model
Open AccessAntoine Vanier, Frans J Oort et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021
It is our hope that this refined definition and model are useful in the further development of response shift theory. The model with its explicit list of assumptions and hypothesized relationships lends itself for critical, empirical examination. Future studies are needed to empirically test the assumptions and hypothesized relationships
Response shift after coronary revascularization
Open AccessTom H Oreel, Pythia T Nieuwkerk et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021
Results indicate response shift in HRQoL following coronary revascularization. While we did not find an impact of response shift on the estimates of change, the SEM approach provides a more comprehensive insight into the different types of change in HRQoL following coronary revascularization
Using structural equation modeling to investigate change and response shift in patient-reported outcomes: Practical considerations and recommendations
Open AccessMathilde G E Verdam, Frans J Oort et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021
Background Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are of increasing importance for health-care evaluations. However, the interpretation of change in PROs may be obfuscated due to changes in the meaning of the self-evaluation, i.e., response shift. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is the most widely used statistical approach for the investigation of response shift. Yet, non-technical descriptions of SEM for response shift investigation are lacking. Mo…
Implications of response shift for micro-, meso-, and macro-level healthcare decision-making using results of patient-reported outcome measures
Open AccessRichard Sawatzky, Jae-Yung Kwon et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021
Given empirical evidence of response shift, there is a critical need for guidelines and knowledge translation to avoid potential misinterpretations of PROM results and consequential biases in decision-making. Our framework with guiding questions provides a structure for developing strategies to address potential impacts of response shift at micro-, meso-, and macro-levels
Critical examination of current response shift methods and proposal for advancing new methods
Open AccessVéronique Sébille, Lisa M Lix et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2021
No single response shift method is optimal; each method has strengths and limitations. Additionally, extra steps need to be taken to correctly interpret the results. Advancing new methods and conducting computer simulation studies that compare methods are recommended to move response shift research forward
Sub-optimal adherence to combination anti-retroviral therapy and its associated factors according to self-report, clinician-recorded and pharmacy-refill assessment methods among HIV-infected adults in…
Open AccessLegese A Mekuria, Jan M Prins et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2017
Adherence to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is generally high in most resource-limited settings. However, sub-optimal adherence occurs in a sizable proportion of patients, and is independently predictive of detectable viremia. We investigated sub-optimal adherence according to self-report, clinician-recorded, and pharmacy-refill assessment methods, and their associated factors among HIV-infected adults receiving cART in Addis Ababa, Et…
Toward mindfulness in quality-of-life research: Perspectives on how to avoid rigor becoming rigidity
Open AccessMirjam A G Sprangers, Carolyn E SchwartzARTICLEQuality of Life Research2017
It is hoped that this overview will lead to a reconsideration of a more flexible application of research principles while retaining scientific rigor
Assessing reserve-building pursuits and person characteristics: Psychometric validation of the Reserve-Building Measure
Open AccessCarolyn E Schwartz, Wesley Michael et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2017
Narrative meaning making and integration: Toward a better understanding of the way falling ill influences quality of life
Open AccessIris Hartog, Iris D Hartog et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2017Cited by: 8References: 75
Falling seriously ill is often experienced as a life event that causes conflict with people’s personal goals and expectations in life and evokes existential questions. This article presents a new humanities approach to the way people make meaning of such events and how this influences their quality of life. Incorporating theories on contingency, narrative identity, and quality of life, we developed a theoretical model entailing the concepts life …
Item bias detection in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale using structural equation modeling: Comparison with other item bias detection methods
Open AccessMathilde G E Verdam, Frans J Oort et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2016
SEM provides a flexible tool for the investigation of item bias in health-related questionnaires. Multidimensional SEM has practical and statistical advantages over multigroup SEM, and over other item bias detection methods, as it enables item bias detection with respect to multiple variables, of various measurement levels, and with more statistical power, ultimately providing more valid comparisons of patients' well-being in both research and cl…
Goal adjustment strategies operationalised and empirically examined in adolescents with cancer
Open AccessMoniek Janse, Esther Sulkers et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2016References: 31
Adolescents facing cancer may need to adjust their personal life goals. Theories identified several goal adjustment strategies, but their use has not been tested. Therefore, this study operationalises goal adjustment strategies and examines their use. Adolescent cancer patients listed their goals 3 and 12 months post-diagnosis. Goals received scores on five goal characteristics: life domain, level of abstraction, importance, attainability and eff…
Health-related quality of life of HIV-infected adults receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Addis Ababa
Legese A Mekuria, Mirjam A G Sprangers et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2015
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important outcome measure among HIV-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), but has not been studied extensively in resource-limited settings. Insight in the predictors or correlates of poor HRQoL may be helpful to identify patients most in need of additional support and to design appropriate interventions. A cross-sectional study was conducted between September 2012 and …
Using structural equation modeling to detect response shifts and true change in discrete variables: An application to the items of the SF-36
Open AccessMathilde G E Verdam, Frans J Oort et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2015
The proposed SEM approach to discrete data enables response shift detection at the item level. This will lead to a better understanding of the response shift phenomena at the item level and therefore enhances interpretation of change in the area of HRQL
Using a retrospective pretest instead of a conventional pretest is replacing biases: A qualitative study of cognitive processes underlying responses to thentest items
Open AccessElsbeth F Taminiau-Bloem, Carolyn E Schwartz et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2015
Both assumptions underlying the thentest design appear not to be supported by the patients' cognitive processes. Replacing the conventional pretest-posttest design with the thentest design may simply be replacing one set of biases with another
Long-term effects of goal disturbance and adjustment on well-being in cancer patients
Open AccessMoniek Janse, Mirjam A G Sprangers et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2015
The present study is the first to test the theoretical assumption that goal adjustment is beneficial after goal disturbance. Whereas these findings need to be confirmed in future research, the possibly beneficial role of goal disengagement and actual goal adjustment strategies can be used for psychological interventions
Method variation in the impact of missing data on response shift detection
Open AccessCarolyn E Schwartz, Tolulope T Sajobi et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2014
Taking into account the impact of attrition on the assessment of response shift and true change: A multigroup structural equation modeling approach
Open AccessMathilde G E Verdam, Frans J Oort et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2014
How recent health-related life events affected my perspective on quality-of-life research
Open AccessMirjam A G SprangersARTICLEQuality of Life Research2014
Cancer in full-colour: Use of a graphic novel to identify distress in women with breast cancer
Open AccessDeborah Nn Lo-Fo-Wong, Deborah N N Lo‐fo‐wong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2014Cited by: 4References: 35
The graphic novel Cancer Vixen about breast cancer was used as an example to examine whether reading of graphic novels may enhance insight into illness experiences. Content analysis showed that the graphic novel depicts the full range of distress, by portraying practical, social, emotional, religious/spiritual and physical problems. Findings were illustrated with descriptions from the book. The results indicate that - from a content perspective -…
Guidelines for secondary analysis in search of response shift
Open AccessCarolyn E Schwartz, Sara Ahmed et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013
Meta-analysis shows clinically relevant and long-lasting deterioration in health-related quality of life after esophageal cancer surgery
Open AccessM Jacobs, Rhiannon Macefield et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013
International development of an EORTC questionnaire for assessing health-related quality of life in chronic myeloid leukemia patients: The EORTC QLQ-CML24
Open AccessFabio Efficace, Michele Baccarani et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013
Let’s engage the patient within us: A personal perspective on patient engagement
Open AccessCarolyn E Schwartz, Madeleine King et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2013