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Project Title |
Development of a supportive intervention to meet the needs of carers of people with advanced heart failure |
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Research Focus |
Chronic Illness & Palliative Care |
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Funder & Dates |
Chest Heart & Stroke NI Sept 2017- Sept 2018 |
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Principle Investigator or Primary Supervisor ( if PhD project) |
Prof Donna Fitzsimons |
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Co-Investigators or additional supervisors |
Dr Loreena Hill |
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Research Fellow (s) or PhD student |
Ms Lorna Cassidy |
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Name & Institution of Collaborators |
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust & South Eastern Health & social care Trust |
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Name of External Partner Organisation |
AIIHPC |
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Description of Project: Aim; Methods
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This study aims to model, develop and feasibility test a novel intervention for carers of patients with advanced heart failure. An all-Ireland workshop with healthcare professionals will clarify the component of the evidence based intervention. A sample (n=30) of carers/family members of patients with heart failure will be invited to test the intervention. Outcome measure include acceptability of the intervention to study participants, willingness of clinicians to recruit participants, willingness of caregivers to participate, completion rates. |
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Prof. Donna Fitzsimons
Dr. Loreena Hill
Lorna Cassidy
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Links/URLs to external pages, eg., study webpage, reports, publications etc
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LC Doherty, D Fitzsimons, SJ McIlfatrick Carers’ needs in advanced heart failure: A systematic narrative review. Euro J Cardiovasc Nurs 2016; 15 (4): 203-212 |
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Any other relevant information |
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