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Dr Christina Derksen, PhD

Christina

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Health Psychology (CanDetect)

Email: christina.derksen@qmul.ac.uk

Profile

I hold a PhD in Psychology and joined the Centre of Prevention, Detection & Diagnosis at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine in May 2023. My focus is on using quantitative and qualitative methods to develop and refine a Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Platform to facilitate the detection of upper gastrointestinal cancers. I am a guest researcher for Health CASCADE, a Marie Skłodowska Curie Innovative Training Networks project for co-creative research funded by the European Union.

My training was at the University of Marburg (MSc in Clinical Psychology) and the Constructor University Bremen (PhD in Psychology), where I completed my PhD on behavioural influences on communication and patient safety in obstetric care. In my PhD research, I actively involved patients and the public in the development and evaluation of both live and mHealth interventions.

Research

Research Interests:

In my research, I use psychological and behavioural theories to understand determinants of health and illness such as illness perceptions, self-efficacy, and behavioural planning. An important part of my previous research has been the patient-provider relationship and communication to improve patient safety. I aim to overcome the gap between research and healthcare and thus also focus on implementation strategies, especially aiming to reduce inequalities in healthcare systems worldwide. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I worked on facilitating psychosocial support and digital interventions for patients suffering from post-acute COVID-19 syndromes.

I use co-creative and multi-method approaches such as quantitative surveys and randomized-controlled designs, but also qualitative interviews and focus groups to improve and adapt interventions. I am also interested in conducting systematic reviews. I aim to work in multidisciplinary teams to link changes in health behaviour and help-seeking to objective outcomes such as preventable adverse events.

Publications

  • Emad Y, Derksen C, Petrie KJ et al. (2024). A content analysis of medication adherence material in patient educational resources about gout. nameOfConference


  • Keller FM, Dahmen A, Kötting L et al. (publicationYear). Evaluation of Social-Cognitive Determinants of Patients’ Hand Hygiene Decisions and the Role of Mental Health in a Cross-Sectional and a Longitudinal Study of German Patients. nameOfConference


  • Hüner B, Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C et al. (publicationYear). What went wrong? – Insights in subjective perceptions and desired interventions after stressful perceived birth experiences. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Derksen C, Rinn R, Gao L et al. (publicationYear). Longitudinal Evaluation of an Integrated Post–COVID-19/Long COVID Management Program Consisting of Digital Interventions and Personal Support: Randomized Controlled Trial. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Schmiedhofer M, Lippke S, Derksen C et al. (2023). Hilflos und fremdbestimmt“ – eine qualitative Auswertung von traumatisierenden Geburtserlebnissen. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Kötting L, Derksen C, Keller FM et al. (publicationYear). Comparing the Effectiveness of a Web-Based Application With a Digital Live Seminar to Improve Safe Communication for Pregnant Women: 3-Group Partially Randomized Controlled Trial. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Dietl JE, Derksen C, Keller FM et al. (publicationYear). Interdisciplinary and interprofessional communication intervention: How psychological safety fosters communication and increases patient safety. nameOfConference


  • Dietl JE, Derksen C, Keller FM et al. (publicationYear). Psychosocial Processes in Healthcare Workers: How Individuals’ Perceptions of Interpersonal Communication Is Related to Patient Safety Threats and Higher-Quality Care. nameOfConference


  • Lippke S, Rinn R, Derksen C et al. (publicationYear). Patients’ Post-/Long-COVID Symptoms, Vaccination and Functional Status—Findings from a State-Wide Online Screening Study. nameOfConference


  • Hüner B, Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C et al. (2023). „Hilflosigkeit, das Abgeben jeglicher Selbstverantwortung und Selbstbestimmtheit“ – eine qualitative Auswertung von traumatisierenden Geburtserlebnissen in Relation zum Geburtsmodus. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Kötting L, Henschel NT, Keller FM et al. (2023). Social-cognitive correlates of expectant mothers’ safe communication behaviour: Applying an adapted HAPA model. nameOfConference


  • Hüner B, Derksen C, Schmiedhofer M et al. (publicationYear). Reducing preventable adverse events in obstetrics by improving interprofessional communication skills – Results of an intervention study. nameOfConference


  • Derksen C, Dietl JE, Haeussler FE et al. (2023). Behavior change training for pregnant women's communication during birth: A randomized controlled trial. nameOfConference


  • Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C, Dietl JE et al. (publicationYear). The Impact of a Communication Training on the Birth Experience: Qualitative Interviews with Mothers after Giving Birth at Obstetric University Departments in Germany. nameOfConference


  • Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C, Dietl J et al. (2022). Gebären während der COVID-19 Pandemie: Interviews mit Müttern und geburtshilflichem Personal an zwei universitären Geburtskliniken. Soziale Gesundheit neu denken: Herausforderungen für Sozialmedizin und medizinische Soziologie in der digitalen Spätmoderne – Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der DGSMP und der DGMS


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Dahmen A, Keller FM, Derksen C et al. (publicationYear). Screening and assessment for post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS), guidance by personal pilots and support with individual digital trainings within intersectoral care: a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. nameOfConference


  • Herzog-Petropaki N, Derksen C, Lippke S (publicationYear). Health Behaviors and Behavior Change during Pregnancy: Theory-Based Investigation of Predictors and Interrelations. nameOfConference


  • Henschel NT, Derksen C (2023). The negative secondary transfer effect: Comparing proposed mediation theories. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Keller FM, Derksen C, Kötting L et al. (2023). Distress, loneliness, and mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Test of the extension of the Evolutionary Theory of Loneliness. nameOfConference


  • Derksen C, Kötting L, Keller FM et al. (publicationYear). Psychological Intervention to Improve Communication and Patient Safety in Obstetrics: Examination of the Health Action Process Approach. nameOfConference


  • Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C, Dietl JE et al. (publicationYear). Birthing under the Condition of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Interviews with Mothers, Partners, and Obstetric Health Care Workers. nameOfConference


  • Lippke S, Keller FM, Derksen C et al. (publicationYear). Hygiene Behaviors and SARS-CoV-2-Preventive Behaviors in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Self-Reported Compliance and Associations with Fear, SARS-CoV-2 Risk, and Mental Health in a General Population vs. a Psychosomatic Patients Sample in Germany. nameOfConference


  • Hüner B, Derksen C, Schmiedhofer M et al. (publicationYear). Preventable Adverse Events in Obstetrics—Systemic Assessment of Their Incidence and Linked Risk Factors. nameOfConference


  • Dahmen A, Keller F, Derksen C et al. (2021). Welche digitalen Angebote nutzen psychisch vorerkrankte Menschen während der Corona-Pandemie und gibt es Zusammenhänge mit Angst und depressiven Symptomen?. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C, Welp A et al. (2021). TeamBaby: sichere, digital unterstützte Kommunikation in der Geburtshilfe. Das Soziale in Medizin und Gesellschaft – Aktuelle Megatrends fordern uns heraus 56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP)


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C, Keller F et al. (2021). “Wenn’s ein gutes Team ist, sind die schlimmsten geburtshilflichen Notfälle gar nicht so schlimm”: Qualitative Interviews mit Fachkräften der Geburtshilfe zu Barrieren und Ressourcen sicherer Kommunikation. Das Soziale in Medizin und Gesellschaft – Aktuelle Megatrends fordern uns heraus 56. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialmedizin und Prävention (DGSMP)


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Keller FM, Dahmen A, Derksen C et al. (publicationYear). Psychosomatic Rehabilitation Patients and the General Population During COVID-19: Online Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study of Digital Trainings and Rehabilitation Effects. nameOfConference


  • Keller FM, Dahmen A, Derksen C et al. (publicationYear). Implementing Digital Trainings within Medical Rehabilitations: Improvement of Mental Health and Synergetic Outcomes with Healthcare Service. nameOfConference


  • Dahmen A, Keller F, Kötting L et al. (2021). Angst vor dem Coronavirus, Absicht zum Befolgen der AHA-Regeln und Risikowahrnehmung bezüglich Arztbesuchen: Querschnittsstudie mit psychisch vorerkrankten Menschen. nameOfConference


  • Keller FM, Derksen C, Kötting L et al. (2021). Development of the perceptions of preventable adverse events assessment tool (PPAEAT): measurement properties and patients’ mental health status. nameOfConference


  • Lippke S, Keller F, Derksen C et al. (2022). Einsam(er) seit der Coronapandemie: Wer ist besonders betroffen? – psychologische Befunde aus Deutschland. nameOfConference


  • Lippke S, Derksen C, Keller FM et al. (publicationYear). Effectiveness of Communication Interventions in Obstetrics—A Systematic Review. nameOfConference


  • Schmiedhofer M, Derksen C, Keller FM et al. (2021). Barriers and Facilitators of Safe Communication in Obstetrics: Results from Qualitative Interviews with Physicians, Midwives and Nurses. nameOfConference


  • Derksen C, Murdoch R, Petrie KJ et al. (2021). “An apple pie a day does not keep the doctor away”: Fictional depictions of gout in contemporary film and television. nameOfConference


  • Derksen C, Keller FM, Lippke S (2020). Obstetric Healthcare Workers’ Adherence to Hand Hygiene Recommendations during the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Observations and Social‐Cognitive Determinants. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Krasnoryadtseva A, Derksen C, Dalbeth N et al. (2020). Not Every Picture Tells a Story: A Content Analysis of Visual Images in Patient Educational Resources About Gout. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Lippke S, Wienert J, Keller FM et al. (2019). Communication and patient safety in gynecology and obstetrics - study protocol of an intervention study. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Petrie KJ, MacKrill K, Derksen C et al. (2018). An Illness by Any Other Name: The Effect of Renaming Gout on Illness and Treatment Perceptions. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
  • Derksen C, Serlachius A, Petrie KJ et al. (2017). “What say ye gout experts?” a content analysis of questions about gout posted on the social news website Reddit. nameOfConference


    QMRO: qmroHref
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