Completed Research Projects
- Developing an EORTC quality of life module for proctitis
- Consumer health impact statements: a review of current practices
- A randomised double blind placebo controlled trial of infusional subcutaneous octreotide in the management of malignant bowel obstruction in people with advanced cancer
- A randomised control trial of magestrol acetate, dexamtheasone and placebo in the management of anorexia patients with cancer
- A randomised, double-blind placebo controlled study of subcutaneous ketamine in the management of cancer related pain
- Implmentation and evaluation of Dignity Therapy in Denmark
- Follow up of breast cancer patients: is there scope to engage primary care?
- Development and implementation of an education program to guide palliative care for people with Motor Neurone Disease
- Determining and meeting the needs of Grade III-IV Glioma patients and their carers
- Computerised assessment of cancer patients' psychosocial wellbeing: Evaluation of the efficacy of touch screen technology in assessing their psychosocial needs
- Pilot Project to Test the Feasibility of Measuring Quality of Life at the End of Life of Dying Patients in the Acute Care Hospital Setting
- Mapping cancer prevalence and quality of care in residential aged care facilities in Western Australia
- An evaluation of the Liverpool Care Pathway for care of the terminally ill in rural Western Australia: Post-trial evaluation
- Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration (PCOC)
- The Contribution of Integrative Therapies to the Comfort of Patients with Cancer.
- Determining indicators for palliative care provision in the life-limiting illness pathway in the last year of life
- Development of guidelines for a palliative approach for aged care in the community setting.
- Dignity intervention for terminally ill patients (Palliative Care Support Study).
- Investigating the role of Community pharmacists in advising patients with lower bowel cancer symptoms.
- Implementation of sustainable evidence-based practice for the assessment and management of pain in aged care residential facilities.
- Improving the psychological function of family caregivers of palliative care patients: A randomised controlled trial
- Management of significant personal and interpersonal problems in cancer: a simulated consultation study
- Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC)
- Palliative care for people living at home: A Western Australian paediatric project. Phase 2.
- Preparing family caregivers for palliative care support, discharge and care planning options.
- Promoting Assent: Developing an instrument to assess the needs and preferences of children with cancer.
- Radiation therapy information for breast cancer patients: Appropriate timing, sources and content.
- Recovery of musculoskeletal and cardiopulmonary changes in children in remission from cancer
- Radiation therapy information for breast cancer patients: appropriate timing, sources and content
- Predicting bereavement outcomes in caregivers of women with ovarian cancer
- Randomised controlled trial of nurse led education intervention on sexuality and body image for women with breast cancer
- Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC): Medical Record Audit
- An analysis of the practical needs of rural and remote adult and paediatric cancer patients and their families when in the city for cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Demonstration project to develop an evidence based/best practice model to facilitate quality clinical placements in aged care
- Development and testing of an implementation strategy for the Australian Pain Society's Residential Aged Care Pain Management Guidelines
- Discharge planning for oncology/haematology patients
- Discussing survivorship with patients with haematological malignancies
- Evaluation of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital bereavement program: Impact on bereaved families, hospital staff and general practitioners
- Fatigue and functional capacity in women undergoing adjuvant breast radiotherapy
- Fatigue and improving quality of life of men with prostate cancer
- Optimising the emotional comfort of hospitalised patients: Exploring the feasibility and effect of a coordinated approach to psychosocial care
- Palliative care approaches for pain management education among care assistants in residential aged care hostels: A feasibility study
- Quality of life issues in patients undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
- A randomised controlled trial of low level laser therapy for the treatment of lymphoedema secondary to breast cancer
- A randomized clinical trial to test a pain education program for patients with cancer and their family carers
- A study to assess the grief experienced by Registered Nurses and Care Aides who work in community palliative care and to identify suitable strategies for support
- Testing the feasibility, reliability and validity of two pain assessment tools in residential aged care, refining them for future use
- Using action research as a model of research utilisation to improve pain assessment and management
- Validation of the Modified Resident’s Verbal Brief Pain Inventory (M-RVBPI) in elderly patients in both the acute care and aged care settings
- Experiences, attitudes, knowledge and psychological status of men from high risk breast cancer families
- A randomised clinical trial to test a pain education program for patients with cancer and their family carers
Research Projects Completed in 2005
- An Australian analysis of the supportive and palliative care needs of children who die from cancer and their families
- An exploration into the impact of patient characteristics and aspects of the hospital environment on the feelings of personal control experienced by hospitalised patients
- Bereavement support of parents whose child has died from cancer
- Brownes Dairy Support Centre for Cancer & Leukaemia: Evaluation of services
- Collecting quality of life data from patients in clinical studies attending hospital outpatient clinics: An innovative use of a touch screen tablet
- Developing an evidence based protocol for managing nausea in patients with advanced cancer
- Development and evaluation of a screening, management and education program for older patients admitted to an acute care setting, to prevent or minimise bowel problems
- Development of a communication tool to facilitate risk communications in consultations with women from high risk breast cancer families
- Development of a hydraulic resistance exercise treatment for prostate cancer patients
- Identifying and addressing education needs for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions as a short stay procedure
- National inquiry into the social impact of caring for terminally ill people
- National analysis of the palliative and supportive care needs of families whose children die from cancer
- Review of Palliative Care in Western Australia
- Scoping the needs of palliative care for individuals living alone
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Pain Project
- Study to pilot a clinical trial to test dignity psychotherapy for the frail aged
- Testing the feasibility, reliability and validity of two pain assessment tools in residential aged care, refining them for future use
- Western Australian Analysis of the supportive and palliative care needs of families of children with life threatening illnesses
Research Projects Completed in 2004
- Volunteering in Palliative Residential Aged Care (VPRAC) Project
- Palliative Residential Aged Care (APRAC) Project
- Assessing supportive care delivery to those affected by neurodegenerative diseases and their families
- The Social Impact of Caring for Terminally Ill People
- A literature review of non-pharmacological methods of pain relief
- A narrative study of autobiographical accounts of cancer: exploration of metaphor and health care information
- A pain education program for prostate cancer patients and their family carers: A feasibility study
- Acute confusional state in general surgery patients: A pilot study to determine characteristics and feasibility of measurement
- Can acupuncture help improve the symptoms of radiation induced xerostomia? A prospective study
- Exploring the experiences of persons who have donated a kidney
- Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: A qualitative study of recipients’ and family caregivers’ experiences, concerns and needs
- Pain assessment: A prospective investigation into the use of a Behavioural Pain Scale by critical care nurses for patients who are mechanically ventilated, unconscious or sedated in ICU
- Pain project
- Preventing and managing faecal incontinence after sphincter-saving surgery for colorectal cancer: A two phase study to determine post-operative bowel problems and self care practices and to evaluate a newly developed community education programme
- Randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effects of an electronic monitoring device in decreasing urinary incontinence in elderly patients in an acute care setting
- Testing of a near-peer approach to implementing evidence-based mucositis prevention in cancer patients
- The effect of hormone ablation therapy for prostate cancer
- The impact of testicular cancer
- The information needs of the families of patients with advanced cancer in the acute hospital
- An Investigation of the Experience of Generalised Fatigue in Aged Care Residents Early Career Researcher Grant Scheme
- An inclusive approach to raising standards in general practice: working with a 'community of practice' in Western Australia
- An Investigation into the Home Support Needs of Adults Living with Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s and Motor Neurone Diseases
- Attitudes of cancer patients: obtaining tissues samples for research
- Cancer Referral Assessment Baseline. Electronic patient cancer Pathway
- Effectiveness of Dementia Specific Carer Education Delivered Throughout Western Australia
- Evaluating a "First Intervention Dementia Service"
- Frequent Attenders to Emergency Departments: the FATED study
- Evaluating the feasibility and effect of using a hospital wide coordinated approach to introduce evidence-based changes for pain management
- Implementing Referral Guidelines in Colorectal Cancer; developing a complex intervention in general practice
- Implementation and evaluation of a rural palliative care respite service
- International caregiving research collaborative
- Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative (PaCCSC): Medical Record Audit
- Radiation therapy information for breast cancer patients: Appropriate timing, sources and content
- Radiation therapy information for breast cancer patients: appropriate timing, sources and content
- Radiation therapy information for breast cancer patients: Appropriate timing, sources and content
- Reducing the Early Re-Presentation of Older Adults to Hospital after Discharge from an Acute Assessment Unit: Phase One, Determining Predictors
- Testing pain assessment tools for older people with cognitive impairment: A comparison of three pain assessment tools
- Rotary Waist Disposal Challenge: Implementation and Evaluation of Program
Completed Evaluation Projects
- North Metropolitan Health Service falls risk management tool project
- The prevalence of skin tears within an acute care setting in Western Australia
- Validity and reliability of the Family Pain Knowledge Questionnaire (FPKQ): Measuring the pain management knowledge of Australian family carers of patients with progressive or recurrent cancer.
