Hilary Bekker

9.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Hilary Bekker is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hilary Bekker has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in General Health Professions, 52 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 21 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Hilary Bekker's work include Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (57 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (30 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers). Hilary Bekker is often cited by papers focused on Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (57 papers), Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (30 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (19 papers). Hilary Bekker collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Denmark and United States. Hilary Bekker's co-authors include Theresa M. Marteau, Anna Winterbottom, Jenny Hewison, Francine Cheater, Mark Conner, Vikram Jha, Trudie Roberts, Joanna Smith, Jim Thornton and Dawn Stacey and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Social Science & Medicine and Journal of Dental Research.

In The Last Decade

Hilary Bekker

121 papers receiving 6.6k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The development of a six‐item short‐form of the state scale of the Spielberger State—Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hilary Bekker United Kingdom	36	2.4k	1.8k	1.1k	901	673	130	6.9k
Frances K. Barg United States	44	2.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	825 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	623 0.9×	247	7.3k
Hannah Kuper United Kingdom	51	2.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	547 0.8×	340	11.3k
Virginia Barbour United Kingdom	19	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	572 0.5×	875 1.0×	327 0.5×	94	7.8k
Edwin B. Fisher United States	54	3.7k 1.5×	2.1k 1.2×	762 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	712 1.1×	225	11.5k
Galen E. Switzer United States	49	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.2×	747 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	803 1.2×	203	8.5k
Gillian Lancaster United Kingdom	32	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	886 0.8×	1.7k 1.9×	464 0.7×	96	8.1k
Steven E. Gregorich United States	48	2.6k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	916 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	899 1.3×	202	7.8k
Christopher B. Forrest United States	54	3.1k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	1.6k 1.8×	420 0.6×	264	9.9k
Kate Seers United Kingdom	49	5.8k 2.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.0×	900 1.0×	327 0.5×	146	10.6k
Torbjørn Moum Norway	48	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	879 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	651 1.0×	157	7.6k

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Winterbottom, Anna, et al.. (2025). The role of peer support in coping and adjustment to dialysis and transplantation: Study protocol. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0318124–e0318124.

Finderup, Jeanette, et al.. (2024). Measuring healthcare professionals’ perceptions of their ability to adopt shared decision making: Translation and psychometric evaluation of the Danish version of the IcanSDM questionnaire. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 24(1). 340–340. 1 indexed citations

Bekker, Hilary, et al.. (2024). Shared decision making for patients with kidney failure to improve end‐of‐life care: Development of the DESIRE intervention. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 33(9). 3498–3512. 2 indexed citations

Bekker, Hilary, et al.. (2024). Danish Women Make Decisions about Participation in Breast Cancer Screening prior to Invitation Information: An Online Survey Using Experimental Methods. Medical Decision Making. 44(6). 674–688.

Toft, Bente Skovsby, Berit Kjærside Nielsen, Camilla Blach Rossen, et al.. (2024). Health service provider views on measuring patient involvement in healthcare: an interview study with researchers, clinicians, service managers, and policymakers. BMC Health Services Research. 24(1). 1417–1417.

Bekker, Hilary, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær, Henning Søndergaard, et al.. (2024). Decisional needs in people with kidney failure, their relatives and health professionals about end‐of‐life care options: A qualitative interview study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 80(8). 3345–3358. 2 indexed citations

Bekker, Hilary, et al.. (2023). Decision coaching for people with kidney failure: A case study. Journal of Renal Care. 49(4). 220–228. 2 indexed citations

Webb, Edward, David Meads, Helen Ford, et al.. (2023). Decision Making About Disease-Modifying Treatments for Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: Stated Preferences and Real-World Choices. Patient. 16(5). 457–471. 2 indexed citations

Spencer, Katie, Kate Absolom, Matthew Allsop, et al.. (2023). Fixing the Leaky Pipe: How to Improve the Uptake of Patient-Reported Outcomes–Based Prognostic and Predictive Models in Cancer Clinical Practice. JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics. 7(7). e2300070–e2300070. 7 indexed citations

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Toft, Bente Skovsby, Lotte Ørneborg Rodkjær, Annette de Thurah, et al.. (2022). Measures used to assess interventions for increasing patient involvement in Danish healthcare setting: a rapid review. BMJ Open. 12(12). e064067–e064067. 12 indexed citations

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Bekker, Hilary, et al.. (2022). Quality and efficacy of Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) quality assessment tools and discussion checklists: a systematic review. BMC Cancer. 22(1). 286–286. 21 indexed citations

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Hurst, Helen, Hannah Young, Andrew Nixon, et al.. (2022). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multi-professional scoping review. Age and Ageing. 51(12). 12 indexed citations

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Gültzow, Thomas, Ciska Hoving, Eline Suzanne Smit, & Hilary Bekker. (2021). Integrating behaviour change interventions and patient decision aids: How to accomplish synergistic effects?. Patient Education and Counseling. 104(12). 3104–3108. 8 indexed citations

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Hurst, Helen, Elizabeth W. Jones, Paula Ormandy, et al.. (2021). Outcomes and care priorities for older people living with frailty and advanced chronic kidney disease: a multiprofessional scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 11(3). e040715–e040715. 4 indexed citations

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Manzano, Ana, Helen Ford, Sue Pavitt, et al.. (2020). Patient perspective on decisions to switch disease-modifying treatments in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 46. 102507–102507. 13 indexed citations

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Webb, Edward, David Meads, Helen Ford, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Reproductive Issues on Preferences of Women with Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis for Disease-Modifying Treatments. Patient. 13(5). 583–597. 7 indexed citations

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Garvelink, Mirjam M., Laura Boland, Krystal A. Klein, et al.. (2019). Decisional Conflict Scale Findings among Patients and Surrogates Making Health Decisions: Part II of an Anniversary Review. Medical Decision Making. 39(4). 316–327. 59 indexed citations

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Garvelink, Mirjam M., Laura Boland, Krystal A. Klein, et al.. (2019). Decisional Conflict Scale Use over 20 Years: The Anniversary Review. Medical Decision Making. 39(4). 301–314. 97 indexed citations

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Barber, Sophy, Hilary Bekker, David Meads, Sue Pavitt, & Balvinder Khambay. (2018). Identification and appraisal of outcome measures used to evaluate hypodontia care: A systematic review. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. 153(2). 184–194.e18. 14 indexed citations

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Manzano, Ana, George Pepper, Sue Pavitt, et al.. (2018). Understanding treatment decisions from the perspective of people with relapsing remitting multiple Sclerosis: A critical interpretive synthesis. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. 27. 370–377. 24 indexed citations

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