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Supporting self-management of multimorbidity during cancer recovery in old age: development and feasibility of an intervention

Project overview

This qualitative synthesis and feasibility study developed and piloted a prototype intervention (the "CHAT&PLAN") to support older people's self-management of multimorbidity during cancer recovery.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Jackie Bridges PhD MSN BN(Hons) PGCert

Prof of Older People's Care

Research interests

  • Older people’s care and support
  • Professional work and workforce development
  • Organisational behaviour
Connect with Jackie

Email: Jackie.Bridges@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Alison Richardson PhD, MSc, BN, PGDipEd, RN

Prof in Cancer Nursing/End of Life Care
Connect with Alison

Email: alison.richardson@soton.ac.uk

Dr Amanda Cummings

Senior Research Assistant
Connect with Amanda

Email: A.Cummings@soton.ac.uk

Professor Lynn Calman PhD, MPH, MRes, BSc (Hons), RN, FHEA

Professor

Research interests

  • For nearly 20 years Lynn’s research has focused on understanding and responding to the needs of people living with and beyond cancer. She had led and collaborated on major research programmes in cancer survivorship/psychosocial oncology leading to widely published, practice changing findings that have underpinned the development of services to improve the outcomes of cancer patients.
Connect with Lynn

Email: L.Calman@soton.ac.uk

Professor Claire Foster

Professor of Psychosocial Oncology
Connect with Claire

Email: C.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk

Dr Kellyn Lee

Connect with Kellyn

Email: Kellyn.Lee@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Self-management by older people living with cancer and multi-morbidity: a qualitative study
Teresa Corbett, Kellyn Lee, Amanda Cummings, Lynn Calman, Naomi Farrington, Lucy Lewis, Alexandra Young, Alison Richardson, Claire Foster & Jackie Bridges, 2022, Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(6), 4823-4833
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-022-06892-z
Type: article
Planning and optimising CHAT&PLAN:
Teresa Corbett, Amanda Cummings, Kellyn Lee, Lynn Calman, Vicky Fenerty, Naomi Farrington, Lucy Lewis, Alexandra Young, Hilary Boddington, Theresa Wiseman, Alison Richardson, Claire Foster & Jackie Bridges, 2020, PLoS ONE, 15(10 October 2020)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240516
Type: article
Self‐management in older people living with cancer and multi‐morbidity: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies
Teresa Corbett, Amanda Cummings, Lynn Calman, Naomi Farrington, Vicky Fenerty, Claire Foster, Alison Richardson, Theresa Wiseman & Jackie Bridges, 2020, Psycho-Oncology, 29(10), 1452-1463
DOI: 10.1002/pon.5453
Type: review
Multimorbidity in older adults living with and beyond cancer
Teresa Corbett & Jacqueline Bridges, 2019, Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care, 13(3), 220-224
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000439
Type: article