Prof C Norton
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
A three year full time PhD studentship at King’s College London
Home/EU fees and a stipend: £18,500 per annum are covered
Contact for further information: [Email Address Removed]
First supervisor: Professor Christine Norton
Second supervisor: Professor Jackie Sturt)
Clinical supervisor: Dr Ailsa Hart
Study mode: full time
Duration: 3 years
Fees: Home/EU fees and investigation costs will be covered
Location: Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, Waterloo (academic) and St Mark’s Hospital Harrow (clinical site).
Please apply by submitting a CV, a letter explaining why you are interested and contact details for 2 academic referees by 31st May 2014 to [Email Address Removed].
Project description:
Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms experienced by patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is a major problem, both when the disease is active and in remission, with 86% and 41% respectively reporting fatigue. Fatigue is one of the leading concerns identified by people with IBD. However, there have been almost no studies of interventions for IBD fatigue (1). We have interviewed people with IBD (2) and health professionals (3) for their views on what would help fatigue and we have developed and validated a condition-specific questionnaire to assess IBD fatigue (4).
This project will develop this work further by using the MRC framework for the development of complex interventions. Collaborating with IBD specialist nurses and gastroenterologists, the student will develop a behavioural intervention, based on sound theoretical premises, patient and health practitioners’ preferences and what has been found to help fatigue in other related conditions. The intervention will then be tested for feasibility and piloted for indications of efficacy, enrolling patients with troublesome fatigue at St Mark’s Hospital Harrow. This work should lead to future fundable research evaluating the intervention developed.
References
(1) Czuber-Dochan W, Ream E, Norton C. Review article: description and management of fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease. Alimentary Pharmacol Therapy 2013;37:505-16.
(2) Czuber-Dochan W, Dibley L, Terry H, Ream E, Norton C. The experience of fatigue in people with inflammatory bowel disease: an exploratory study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2012;doi: 10.1111/jan.12060.
(3) Czuber-Dochan W, Norton C, Bredin F, Darvell M, Nathan I, Terry H. Healthcare professionals' perceptions of fatigue experienced by people with IBD. Journal of Crohn's & colitis 2014;doi:.org/10.1016/j.crohns.2014.01.004.
(4) Czuber-Dochan W, Norton C, Bassett P, Berliner S, Bredin F, Darvell M, et al. Development and psychometric testing of an inflammatory bowel diseasee fatigue (IBD-F) patient self-assessment scale. Copenhagen 2014.
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