Paraskevi Theofilou
Address:
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Psychology, Athens, Greece
Research Interests:
Behavioural medicine/health psychology are focused on heath - related quality of life, mental health (depression, anxiety), health locus of control, pain self-efficacy, fatigue, social support, patients’ satisfaction as well as medication adherence in chronic illness.
Biography:
Past experience
- General Manager of Health Services, Ministry of Health, Athens, Greece.
- Visiting Researcher Health Psychologist (with emphasis on health - related quality of life issues) - Centre for Research and Technology - Thessaly (CE.RE.TE.TH), Trikala, Greece.
- Deputy Manager Administrative, “SOTIRIA” Hospital for Thoracic Diseases, Athens, Greece.
Teaching experience
- November 2023 Teaching in the Undergraduate Program of the Nursing Department of the Univ. Peloponnese as part of the Health Psychology course on "Stress - Stress Management".
- April 2022 Teaching in the Master's Program "Leadership, Innovation & Value Policies in Health" and the course "Management, Operations Redesign and Quality of Health Services" - University of West Attica, School of Public Health with the teaching unit National Quality Strategy
Publications:
- Theofilou P., Dimitris D. Vlastos, Plemmenos N. (2023). Burnout, Mental Resilience and Quality of Life in Greek Professionals of Public and Private Sector: Which Is the Impact of Demographic, Occupational and Psychological Variables?
- Eleni Anifantopoulou, Paraskevi Theofilou. (2023). Exploring social support, pain self-efficacy and health beliefs in older adults with musculoskeletal disorders. Series Clin Med Case Rep Rev. 1(5):1-8.
- Lydia Lefe, Dimitris D. Vlastos, Theofilou P. (2023). Job burnout in telework of Greek workers: A quantitative study identifying the correlation of extroversion and introversion with job burnout. Series Clin Med Case Rep Rev. 1(5):1-11.