dr. T. Dekkers (Tessa)

Assistant Professor
BMS-HIB-PGT
Capitool 15 240
t.dekkers@utwente.nl
+31534899741
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Dr. Tessa Dekkers is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences at the University of Twente. With a background in Industrial Design Engineering and Social and Health Psychology, their research focuses on equitable eHealth through codesign. Their work encompasses three main strands: providing guidance on involving people in vulnerable situations in codesign processes, conducting fundamental research on knowledge manifestation in codesign, and leading participatory design projects aimed at improving the well-being of LGBTQI+ youth. Alongside their research, Dr. Tessa Dekkers is dedicated to teaching and mentorship, supervising over 80 theses to date, and coordinating courses in Health Psychology and Digital Health Technology at the bachelor, master, and post-master level. 

Expertise

  • Psychology

    • Mental Illness
    • Health

  • Social Sciences

    • Intervention
    • Design
    • Effectiveness
    • Consumers

  • Nursing and Health Professions

    • Control
    • Experiment

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Publications

2024

Why Do Physicians Prescribe Antibiotics? A Systematic Review of the Psycho-Socio-Organisational Factors Related to Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing of Antimicrobials in Europe (2024)Infectious disease reports, 16(4), 664-683. Lansink, C., Sinha, B., Meessen, N., Dekkers, T. & Beerlage-de Jong, N.https://doi.org/10.3390/idr16040051Data underlying the publication: Developing a Digital Medication Adherence Intervention for and With Patients With Asthma and Low Health Literacy: Protocol for a Participatory Design Approach (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Faber, J. S., Poot, C. C., Dekkers, T., Herrera, N. R., Chavannes, N. H., Visch, V. & Meijer, E.https://doi.org/10.4121/bf21a04c-8c4b-4f51-85b0-0a6387f3a1e1

2023

A Mobile Self-control Training App to Improve Self-control and Physical Activity in People With Severe Mental Illness: Protocol for 2 Single-Case Experimental Designs (2023)JMIR research protocols, 12. Article e37727. Dekkers, T., Heirbaut, T., Schouten, S. E., Kelders, S. M., Beerlage-de Jong, N., Ludden, G. D. S., Deenik, J., Bouman, Y. H. A. & Kip, H.https://doi.org/10.2196/37727Developing a Digital Medication Adherence Intervention for and With Patients With Asthma and Low Health Literacy: Protocol for a Participatory Design Approach (2023)JMIR Formative Research, 7. Article e35112. Faber, J. S., Poot, C. C., Dekkers, T., Herrera, N. R., Chavannes, N. H., Meijer, E. & Visch, V. T.https://doi.org/10.2196/35112Persuasive Co-Design of Self-Control Intervention App (SCIPP) for People with Severe Mental Illness (2023)In PERSUASIVE-ADJ 2023, : Persuasive 2023 Adjunct Proceedings (CEUR workshop proceedings; Vol. 3474). Dekkers, T., Heirbaut, T., Schouten, S. & Kip, H.

2022

Best-practices for co-design processes involving people with severe mental illness for eMental health interventions: a qualitative multi-method approach (2022)Design for Health, 6(3), 316-344. Schouten, S., Kip, H., Dekkers, T., Deenik, J., Beerlage - de Jong, N., Ludden, G. D. S. & Kelders, S. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2022.2145814

2021

Effects of information architecture on the effectiveness and user experience of web-based patient education in middle-aged and older adults: Online randomized experiment (2021)Journal of medical internet research, 23(3). Article e15846. Dekkers, T., Melles, M., Vehmeijer, S. B. W. & de Ridder, H.https://doi.org/10.2196/15846

Other contributions

Dekkers, T., Melles, M., Groeneveld, B. S., & de Ridder, H. (2018). Web-based patient education in orthopedics: systematic review. Journal of medical Internet research, 20(4), e143.

Dekkers, T., Melles, M., Mathijssen, N. M., Vehmeijer, S. B., & de Ridder, H. (2018). Tailoring the orthopaedic consultation: How perceived patient characteristics influence surgeons’ communication. Patient education and counseling, 101(3), 428-438.

Dekkers, T., & Hertroijs, D. F. (2018). Tailored Healthcare: Two Perspectives on the Development and Use of Patient Profiles. Advances in therapy, 35(9), 1453-1459.

Groeneveld, B., Melles, M., Vehmeijer, S., Mathijssen, N., Dekkers, T., & Goossens, R. (2019). Developing digital applications for tailored communication in orthopaedics using a Research through Design approach. Digital health, 5, 2055207618824919.

Groeneveld, B., Dekkers, T., Boon, B., & D’Olivo, P. (2018). Challenges for design researchers in healthcare. Design for Health, 2(2), 305-326.

Kwasnicka, D., Inauen, J., Nieuwenboom, W., Nurmi, J., Schneider, A., Short, C. E., ... & Picariello, F. (2019). Challenges and solutions for N-of-1 design studies in health psychology. Health psychology review, 13(2), 163-178.

de Ridder, E. F., Dekkers, T., Porsius, J. T., Kraan, G., & Melles, M. (2018). The perioperative patient experience of hand and wrist surgical patients: An exploratory study using patient journey mapping. Patient Experience Journal, 5(3), 97-107.

van Smoorenburg, A. N., Hertroijs, D. F., Dekkers, T., Elissen, A. M., & Melles, M. (2019). Patients’ perspective on self-management: type 2 diabetes in daily life. BMC health services research, 19(1), 1-8.

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7521 PL Enschede
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