A good understanding of PROs (Patient Reported Outcomes i.e. patient perceptions of their experiences and health) is central to providing person-centred care. To improve care for older people living in the community with severe frailty, we need to know how best to collect and use PROs. Presently, the quality of life for many frail elders in their final years is poor, and they experience unwanted interventions.
This doctorate undertakes:
(i) A comprehensive evidence review of end-of-life PRO Measures (PROMs)
(ii)Mapping of needs assessed using PROMs and those reported by frail elders, to identify gaps and areas for development;
(ii) Staff focus groups to explore experience of assessing and meeting patient priorities, including use of PROMs;
(iii) A synthesis of findings from stages (ii) and (iii) to inform development/or adaptation of a PROM for this population;
(vi)Initial exploratory testing of the acceptability and feasibility of the resulting Prototype PROM for severely frail elders.
Supervisors
Professor Caroline Nicholson- First Supervisor – Has expertise in complex intervention development and participatory methods to identify the priorities and develop interventions to improve wellbeing of older adults with severe frailty. The PRO-Frail study will sit within her current HEE/NIHR Senior Clinical Academic Lectureship funded study.
Dr Jenny Harris- Second supervisor was appointed as Lecturer in Cancer Care at Surrey in August 2019. Jenny has a long-standing interest in supportive care research and expertise in questionnaire/measurement design methods, having previously worked at the National Centre for Social Research on their quantitative health survey programme.
Dr Richard Green- Third Supervisor (ECR) was appointed as a Research Fellow at Surrey in May 2020 working with Professor Nicholson. His background is in medical sociology.
Partner organisations
St Christopher’s Hospice to ensure research has clinical applicability and link into on-going learning from practice https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/bromley-care-coordination/
This is a three year project, commencing in July 2021.
Entry requirements
Applicants are expected to hold a good honours degree (upper second) in an appropriate discipline, but prior experience in research or health and social care may be acceptable.
IELTS requirements: 6.5 or above (or equivalent) with 6 in each individual category.
How to apply
Applications should be submitted through the PhD Health Sciences course page.
Please submit copies of educational qualifications, your CV and a research proposal for this project of up to 5 pages including the following sections: rationale, research question and objectives, study design and methodology.
You MUST include ‘Please clearly state the studentship title and supervisor on your application’. If applicable, include interview information.'
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