Research interests
Lucy’s research involves collaborations with research groups across the UK and Internationally.
- Risk, epidemiology and medical sociology: Improving the calculation, presentation and communication of risk; understanding the uptake and implications of risk-based health technologies; surveillance of ‘at-risk' groups and early cancers
- Improving earlier cancer diagnosis
- Symptom epidemiology and interpretation of early symptoms
Previous research:
- Improving recruitment to trials
- The construction of risk in pre-symptomatic diagnostic and predictive testing
- Family communication about genetic disorders and risks to health
- Support for preference-sensitive treatment decision-making
PhD supervision
Current:
- Weiqi Liao - Exploring the relationship between socioeconomic status, risk factors and typical pathways to late cancer diagnosis
- Ruth Reeve - Surveillance of pancreatic cystic lesions
- Simon Stewart - Partner involvement in prostate cancer consultations
- Nor Azura Azmi - Impact of training on Malaysian respiratory physiotherapists ability to detect velcro crackles from pre-recorded lung sounds
Previous:
- Wanicha Pungchompoo - Development of a VOICES questionnaire for ESRD (Thai version)
- Mary Milne - Breast Cancer Survivorship
- Isabel Madechangu - Validation of lung cancer risk indicators and development of a triage system for Chest Clinic referrals suspicious for lung cancer
- Amelia Abbott - Adult children’s perceptions of risk for their parents with dementia: a narrative analysis
- Joanna Shim – Symptomatic diagnosis of lung cancer in a population referred to lung-shadow clinic with high rates of chronic respiratory diseases: A feasibility study
- Sally Moore - The social construction of lung cancer: An analysis of lung cancer representations in UK media
Research group
Cancer and Life Limiting Conditions
Research theme
Health Needs
Research project(s)
The Catric Study is investigating how GP-patient communication might be optimised to effectively convey information about diagnostic tests, cancer risk, and implications of test results, whilst being responsive to patients’ preferences for information and concerns about cancer.
NAEDI funded study exploring the help-seeking behaviour of patients with symptoms that might indicate early stages of lung cancer, and the factors that might inhibit or promote such help seeking.
TrueNTH Decision Support: This is part of a global TrueNTH project to develop and evaluate a complex treatment decision support intervention 'decision aid' for men with low or -to-intermediate risk prostate cancer (CI: Brindle).
An NIHR NSPCR funded study to evaluate and refine the IPCARD questionnaire in a GP-referred population. (Oct. 2010 - April 2013)
Investigation of the use of IPCARD to distinguish between malignant and benign pulmonary nodules in the SPUTNIK trial.
Prospective primary care study using IPCARD to obtain predictive values for potential lung cancer symptoms (CANDID CI: Paul Little; IPCARD lead - Brindle)
Prospective study using IPCARD to identify lung cancer symptoms in a population with high rates of respiratory disease (PhD studentship - J. Shim); identify differences between symptoms of operable and inoperable LC; and identify symptoms in a population without COPD.
Dr Brindle's fellowship developed a symptoms, risks and co-morbidities questionnaire (IPCARD) for use in future prospective studies to obtain predictive values of symptoms for lung cancer. A second strand of research explored communication about early symptoms to develop symptom elicitation interventions for integration into decision support aids, and to explore help-seeking.
This project aims to map cancer helplines in the UK and understand the communication processes used by callers and helpline agents.
Dr Lucy A BrindleUniversity of Southampton, Health Sciences, Building 67, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ
Tel: 02380 598526
E-mail: lab2@soton.ac.uk
Room Number : 67/4005