Present Position: Biomedical Scientist - Somnologist

PERSONAL & EMPLOYMENT information

Name: Els Tobback

Present position: Biomedical scientist - somnologist

Department of General Internal Medicine

Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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education

2003 Bioscience Engineering: Cell and Gene Biotechnology, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

2004 Master of Cultures and Development Studies, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium

2009 PhD in Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium

2012 International Sleep Medicine Course, Robinson College Cambridge, UK

PUBLICATIONS (last 5 years)

Tobback E., Delesie L., Hanoulle I., Vogelaers D., Pevernagie D., & Mariman A. (2017) Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on fatigue in two patients with obstructive sleep apnea presenting with chronic fatigue: case report and lessons learned from a failed trial. Acta Clinica Belgica. DOI 10.1080/17843286.2017.1307898.

Campbell R., Tobback E., Delesie L., Vogelaers D., Mariman A., & Vansteenkiste M. (2017) Basic psychological need experiences, fatigue, and sleep in individuals with unexplained chronic fatigue. Stress and Health. DOI 10.1002/smi.2751.

Tobback E., Behaeghel K., Hanoulle I., Delesie L., Loccufier A., Van Holsbeeck A., Vogelaers D. & Mariman A. (2017) Comparison of subjective sleep and fatigue in breast- and bottle-feeding mothers. Journal of Midwifery. DOI 10.1016/j.midw.2017.01.009.

Ryckeghem H., Delesie L., Tobback E., Lievens S., Vogelaers D. & Mariman A. (2017) Exploring the role of the advanced nurse practitioner within a care path for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Advanced Nursing DOI 10.1111/jan.13244.

Tobback E., Mariman A., Hanoulle I., Delesie L., Vogelaers D & Pevernagie D. (2015) Polysomnographic and MSLT data in a large sample of patients with unexplained chronic fatigue: comparison with a reference sample and relation with subjective scores. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. DOI 10.1080/21641846.2015.1106176.

Campbell R., Vansteenkiste M., Delesie L.M., Mariman A.N., Soenens B., Tobback E., Van der Kaap-Deeder J. & Vogelaers D.P. (2015) Examining the role of psychological need satisfaction in sleep: A Self-Determination Theory perspective. Personality and Individual Differences 77, 199-204.

Tobback E., Mariman A. & Vogelaers D. (2014) Care for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) / myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) patients in Belgium: time for a paradigm shift – Reply to letter to the editor. Acta Clinica Belgica 69, 468-468.

Heytens S., Bouwen A., Spooren D., Snoeck P., Van Dessel K., D’Hooghe S., Rimbaut S., Mariman A., Tobback E. & Vogelaers D. (2014) Een multidisciplinair zorgnet voor abnormale vermoeidheid en het chronischevermoeidheidssyndroom in Oost- en West-Vlaanderen. Brief aan de redactie. Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde 70, 1230-1231.

Tobback E., Mariman A., Heytens S., Declercq T., Bouwen A., Spooren D., Snoeck P., Van Dessel K., D’Hooghe S., Rimbaut S. & Vogelaers D. (2014) A multidisciplinary network for the care of abnormal fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in the provinces of East and West Flanders in Belgium. Acta Clinica Belgica 69, 327-334.

Hamels M., Mariman A., Kalala O., Van den Broecke C., Delesie L., Tobback E., Van Roost D. & Vogelaers D. (2013) Chordoid meningioma and Castleman syndrome in an adult patient presenting with chronic fatigue. Acta Clinica Belgica 68, 444-448.

Mariman A., Delesie L., Tobback E., Hanoulle I., Sermijn E., Vermeir P., Pevernagie D. & Vogelaers D. (2013) Undiagnosed and comorbid disorders in patients with presumed chronic fatigue syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 75, 491-496.

Mariman A., Vogelaers D., Tobback E., Delesie L., Hanoulle I. & Pevernagie D. (2013) Sleep in the chronic fatigue syndrome. Sleep Medicine Reviews 17, 193-199.

Pevernagie D., Mariman A., Vandenbussche N., Tobback E., Overeem S., Delesie L., Janssen H. & Vogelaers D. (2012) Behavioural hyperventilation as a novel clinical condition associated with central sleep apnea: a report of three cases. Sleep Medicine 13, 1317-1320.

Mariman A., Vogelaers D., Hanoulle I., Delesie L., Tobback E. & Pevernagie D. (2012) Validation of the three-factor model of the PSQI in a large sample of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 72, 111-113.