Regina van Zanten

Regina van Zanten is a Researcher in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Erasmus MC). Her work focuses on optimizing self-management and care pathways for organ transplant recipients, particularly kidney transplant patients, through evidence-based nursing interventions and patient-centered tools.

Her research spans transplantation nursing, self-management in chronic illness, and medication adherence, with emphasis on developing assessment instruments like the Self-Regulation Skills Instrument (SSIt) and COUNSEL-CCE counseling tool. Key interests include patient education strategies, immunosuppressive therapy optimization, and behavioral impacts of chronic conditions in transplant populations.

Recent publications (2021-2023) reveal a concentrated focus on nurse-led self-management interventions and measurement tool development for transplantation care. Her work integrates psychological frameworks like Self-Determination Theory into clinical practice, with strong emphasis on randomized controlled trials assessing medication adherence and pandemic-related disruptions to transplant care.