Joost Dekker, PhD
I am professor emeritus of Allied health care. My research focuses on emotions, meaning making and exercise in somatic disease. I am focusing on cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and neurological disease.
SELECTED ARTICLES
Karchoud et al.
Clinical judgment of the need for professional mental health care in patients with cancer: a qualitative study among oncologists and nurses.
J Cancer Surviv., doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01151-2
Dekker J.
Psychological adjustment to disease and treatment: A general model.
Stress and Health, 2024;40(5):e3467.
Dekker J, de Boer M, Ostelo R.
Minimal important change and difference in health outcome: An overview of approaches, concepts, and methods.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2024;32(1):8-17
Dekker, Sears, Åsenlöf, and Berry
Psychologically informed health care.
Transl Behav Med 2023, doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibac105
Dekker J, de Groot V, Ter Steeg AM, Vloothuis J, Holla J, Collette E, Satink T, Post L, Doodeman S, Littooij E.
Setting meaningful goals in rehabilitation: rationale and practical tool.
Clinical Rehabilitation, 2020;34(1):3-12
Dekker et al.
Clinical management of emotions in patients with cancer: introducing the approach "emotional support and case finding".
Translational Behavioral Medicine 2020