Quality of life care

Background

Quality of life (QoL) is a critical outcome measure in all chronic illnesses. We have expertise in advising on appropriate methods of measuring QoL.

Projects

• End of Life Care in ESRD [NIHR RfPB funded - £247,000]
• Identifying and measuring depression amongst South Asian people with a Chronic Illness; a systematic review [Submitted NIHR RfPB- £250,000]
• Studies of depression and Illness Representations in End Stage Renal Disease [KRUK/BRS joint studentship £74,000 – completed]
• Comparison of Quality of Life in Patients with End-Stage Renal Failure [Funded British Renal Society, £44,812 – now completed]
• Early Intervention services in Psychosis [submitted to NETSCC Health Service Research - research-led call]

People

University of Hertfordshire staff

• Dr David Wellsted
• Dr John Done
• Prof Ken Farrington – Postgrad Medicine
• Dr Andreas Braun
• Dr Shivani Sharma – Psychology
• Dr Barbara Mason – Psychology
• Dr Frances Bun – CRIPACC
• Dr Daksha Trivedi – CRIPACC

Collaborators

• Prof Gurch Randawa – University of Bedfordshire
• Dr Joe Chilcot – Kings College London
• Dr Andrew Davenport – Royal Free Hospital, London
• Dr Clara Day – Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
• Dr Mike Almond – South End Hospital, Essex
• Maria Da Silva Gane – East and North Hertfordshire Hospital