Amanda Drury

Dublin City University | DCU · School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health

PURPOSE The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care may afford new avenues for personalized and patient-centered care. This systematic review explored the role of AI in symptom monitoring for adult cancer survivors. METHODS A comprehensive search was performed from inception to November 2023 in seven bibliographic databases and thre...

Purpose Health and social care professionals (professionals) often lack knowledge, skills and confidence to support adults at end of life with significant caregiving responsibilities for children, < 18. A recent systematic review highlighted a dearth of educational interventions (n = 2) to equip professionals to provide supportive care to families...

Women of lower socio-economic position (SEP) have a higher incidence of cervical cancer and lower uptake of cervical screening. The Integrated Screening Action Model (I-SAM) is a behaviour model aimed to guide intervention development that considers how individuals engage with screening through their environment, capability, opportunity, and motiva...

Organized cervical screening programmes are commonplace in high-income countries. To provide an equitable cervical screening service, it is important to understand who is and is not attending screening and why. Promotion of screening and service improvement is not possible without recognition and identification of the barriers and needs of communit...

Background: Cancer is a major public health problem. Four million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually in Europe, of which around 40% could be prevented. The European Code Against Cancer (ECAC) is a health education tool to raise awareness about risk factors and evidence-based measures to prevent cancer. The ECAC 4th edition consists of 12 recom...

Objectives Women who inherit a pathogenic BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation are at substantially higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer than average. Several cancer risk management strategies exist to address this increased risk. Decisions about which strategies to choose are complex, personal and multifactorial for these women. Decision aids (D...

Objective Despite the significance of research in nursing practice and its role in enhancing the quality of life for cancer patients, nurses report limited opportunities to engage with research. Known barriers include limited organizational support, a lack of time, resources, and knowledgeable colleagues/mentors. The study aims to determine researc...

Introduction Health and social care professionals (professionals) often highlight a lack of knowledge, skills and confidence toward support parents who are at end of life with cancer and have children (<18) necessitating a need for training. The aim of this systematic review was to determine the content, mode of delivery, assessment, and outcomes o...

Introduction Families are often unsure how best to prepare children for the death of a significant caregiver with a poor cancer prognosis. Children less prepared for this experience are at increased risk of adverse outcomes. Health and social care professionals (professionals) are ideally placed to provide this important aspect of supportive cancer...

Introduction Health and social care professionals (professionals) often lack the knowledge, skills, and confidence to support adults at end-of-life with cancer who have a significant caregiving responsibility for children, <18 years. Aims To plan, develop and test an evidence-based, eLearning resource to equip professionals to communicate with, an...

Purpose Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the three most commonly diagnosed cancers globally, after breast and lung cancer, with an estimated 2 million new cases each year, comprising ten per cent of all cancers worldwide. CRC has a complex aetiology associated with several nutrition-related risk factors. Cancer survivors frequently report alteratio...

Purpose The increasing recognition of the complex impacts of a cancer diagnosis and its treatment has led to efforts to develop instruments to reflect survivors’ needs accurately. However, evidence regarding the content and quality of instruments used to evaluate the unmet needs of lymphoma survivors is lacking. This review aimed to evaluate the ps...

Introduction Organised screening reduces the incidence and late-stage diagnosis of cancer. However, participation in screening is not consistent across populations. Variations can be measured using demographic factors on place of residence, race/ethnicity, occupation, gender/sex, religion, education, socio-economic position (SEP), and social capita...

Objectives: This systematic review aimed to determine the content, mode of delivery, assessment, and outcomes of educational interventions to equip health and social care professionals (HSCPs) when delivering end-of-life (EoL) supportive care for parents dying with cancer who have dependent children. Data sources: The review was reported accordi...

Objectives: This study aims to explore older adults' perceptions of priorities for research in cancer and hematological malignancies and proposes an agenda of patient-driven priorities for cancer care research in the field of geriatric oncology. Data sources: Sixteen older adults (≥65 years) living with or after a diagnosis of cancer participate...

Breast cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Approximately 30% of those who present with early breast cancer later develop advanced breast cancer (ABC). Additionally, approximately 6% have advanced breast cancer at diagnosis. New treatment options result in an extended lifespan dominated by cycles of deterioration and stable d...

Breathlessness support services have demonstrated benefits for breathlessness mastery, quality of life and psychosocial outcomes for people living with breathlessness. However, these services have predominantly been implemented in hospital and home care contexts. This study aims to evaluate the adaptation and implementation of a hospice-based outpa...

Cancer nursing has evolved to meet the demands of rising cancer incidence, newer and more complex treatment options, and the emergence of specialist roles supporting patients from pre-diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship and end of life care. Nurses are involved in direct and in-direct care of people at risk of, and living with and after canc...

Purpose: Identifying cancer nursing research priorities is central to influencing the direction of cancer care research. The aim of this rapid review was to explore research priorities identified by oncology nurses for cancer care delivery between 2019 and 2022. Methods: The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis info...

Objectives: There is little research to help health care professionals understand what patient outcomes are considered a priority in advanced liver or kidney cancer. Knowing what is important to patients can help promote person-centered approaches to treatment and disease management. The aim of this study was to identify those patient-reported out...

Objectives: To provide an overview of three consecutive stages involved in the processing of quantitative research data (ie, data management, analysis, and interpretation) with the aid of practical examples to foster enhanced understanding. Data sources: Published scientific articles, research textbooks, and expert advice were used. Conclusion:...

Women with a pathogenic mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes have an elevated lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. To address this risk, women are managed with a combination of surveillance and/or risk-reduction strategies. Decisions about risk management strategies can be complex, personal and multifactorial. Women often struggle...

Abstract Objectives This article provides practical guidance on developing a comprehensible abstract, including those required for funding applications, conferences, and publication. In addition, we discuss and demonstrate the practicalities of editing and revising an abstract for conference or peer review and identify emerging formats that may be...

Background: Specialist nursing care is a core indicator of quality care for people living with advanced breast cancer. However, access to and quality of nurse education programmes in advanced breast cancer is variable. Objectives: This study aims to define the topics for inclusion in an international curriculum for an advanced breast cancer educ...

The European Oncology Nursing Society Nightingale Challenge was a professional development program delivered via seven one-hour webinars focusing on leadership, career development, and managing burnout. A total of 151 partici.

A systematic review of educational interventions to equip health and social care professionals to promote end of life supportive care for a parent with cancer who has dependent children Jeffrey R Hanna, Carla O'Neill, Kathryn Gillespie, Tanya McCance, Amanda Drury, Cherith J Semple

Background Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are key indicators of health status and functioning, coming directly from the patient. Comprehensive monitoring of PROs enables implementation of person-centred care. Currently, the PROs that patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) consider of greatest importanc...

Mixed methods research offers a unique opportunity to advance understanding of a phenomenon. However, practical guidance on the use of mixed methods to develop theoretical frameworks is limited. We present a novel adaptation of the Pillar Integration Process (PIP) to support development and refinement of a theoretical framework explaining the proce...

Purpose This study aimed to explore the cancer care experiences of people living with and beyond cancer during COVID-19 in Ireland. Methods The study adopted a longitudinal qualitative design using semi-structured interviews with sixteen participants. Interviews were undertaken on three occasions over six months (January–June 2021). The National C...

Background Access to comprehensive, integrated, multidisciplinary care is one of the most urgent and actionable recommendations of the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance. However, access to specialist breast care units, and specialist breast cancer nurses is variable, influenced by access to specialist education and role recognition. To date, t...

Objective: to establish an understanding of the unmet needs of people living with or beyond a lymphoma diagnosis. Survivors of lymphoma are at increased risk of unmet needs due to cancer, treatment-related toxicities and extended survivorship. Despite the rapidly growing numbers of lymphoma survivors, their needs and research priorities are unders...

Purpose This study aims to explore the prevalence of CRC survivorship issues and their impact on survivors’ quality of life (QoL). Methods This study utilised a mixed methods sequential explanatory design. Adult CRC survivors between 6- and 60-months post-diagnosis ( n = 304) were purposively recruited from three hospitals and twenty-one cancer su...

Background In higher education settings, there are increasing calls to shift away from traditional summative assessment practices, such end of term written tests, to explore methods of assessing learning in alternative ways. Peer assessment has been advocated as a means of formative assessment to enhance student engagement, empowering students to t...

Purpose: Quality supportive care during cancer survivorship contributes to positive physical and psychosocial health. However, the potential positive impacts are influenced by survivors' perceptions of and ability to access the supportive care services that they deem important to their well-being. The purpose of this integrative review was to exam...

Introduction Women who inherit a pathogenic mutation in Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes 1 or 2 (BRCA1 or BRCA2) are at substantially higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer than the average woman. Several cancer risk management strategies exist to address this increased risk. Decisions about which risk management strategies to choose...

Background Healthcare services have responded to the challenges of service delivery during COVID-19 with telehealth and hybrid models of care. However, there is limited understanding of the experiences of care among people affected by cancer and how their experiences may change and evolve against the shifting landscape of COVID-19 incidence, mortal...

Background Little is known about staff’s attitudes in Irish acute hospital settings towards people living with dementia and their perceived dementia knowledge. The aim of this study was to understand the general level of dementia knowledge and attitudes towards dementia in different types of hospital staff, as well as to explore the potential influ...

Purpose: To conduct an integrative scoping review of the physical, psychological and social experiences of women who have experienced chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). Method: An integrative review was undertaken. A systematic search of MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsycInfo identified 23 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. Data relating to women's...

ABSTRACT Objective Cancer survivors’ perceptions of healthcare have been identified as a predictor of quality of life (QoL) outcomes. This study aims to explore colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors’ perceptions of how cancer-related healthcare affects their QoL. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty-two CRC survivors receiving...

Background: Cancer can be distressing for patients and families. eHealth interventions have the potential to lessen this distress by creating opportunities for providing supportive care resources to patients at home. Objectives: This article reviews supportive care eHealth interventions in cancer and emerging opportunities to optimize these inte...

Objective: Cancer survivors' perceptions of healthcare have been identified as a predictor of quality of life (QoL) outcomes. This study aims to explore colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors' perceptions of how cancer-related healthcare affects their QoL. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 22 CRC survivors receiving follow-up car...

Background: Little is known about staff’s attitudes in Irish acute hospital settings towards people living with dementia and their perceived dementia knowledge. The objective of this study was to understand the general level of dementia knowledge and attitudes towards dementia in different types of hospital staff, as well as to explore the potentia...

Background: Little is known about staff’s attitudes in Irish acute hospital settings towards people living with dementia and their perceived dementia knowledge. The aim objective of this study was to understand the general level of dementia knowledge and attitudes towards dementia in different types of hospital staff, as well as to explore the pote...

Background: Little is known about staff’s attitudes in Irish acute hospital settings towards people living with dementia and their perceived dementia knowledge. The aim of this study was to understand the general level of dementia knowledge and attitudes towards dementia in different types of hospital staff, as well as to explore the potential infl...

Background: Little is known about staff’s attitudes in Irish acute hospital settings towards people living with dementia and their perceived dementia knowledge. The aim of this study was to understand the general level of dementia knowledge and attitudes towards dementia in different types of hospital staff, as well as to explore the potential infl...

Background Cancer follow-up care continues to evolve to incorporate complex programs of supportive care to address long-term disease consequences. However, care may be prescriptive and fragmented, contributing to uncertainty among cancer survivors. As major stakeholders in follow-up care for cancer survivors, nurses are ideally positioned to ensure...

Background Cancer survivors may live with an array of physical, psychological and social disabilities which impact their day-to-day lives. The literature exploring quality of life in cancer survivorship is predominantly quantitative in nature; with inconsistencies in symptom prevalence owing to the multiplicity of generic and disease-specific quali...

Background Up to three-quarters of colorectal cancer (CRC), survivors may experience one or more physical, psychological or social issues after treatment. Individuals with a cancer diagnosis report appropriate support and information from healthcare professionals during treatment. However, many are unprepared for the chronic effects of cancer and i...

Background: Follow-up care and surveillance are essential components of colorectal cancer survivorship. However, the relative contribution of healthcare experiences to quality of life in cancer survivorship is poorly understood. Objectives: This study explores associations between colorectal cancer survivors' healthcare experiences and quality o...

Background and Purpose There has been substantial empirical, practical and political developments in the area of cancer survivorship over the past decade. However, the most recent conceptualisations of cancer survivorship have been informed by empirical evidence derived from heterogeneous groups of cancer survivors, with little effort to examine th...

Background Follow-up care and quality of life (QOL) are important consequences of cancer survivorship. However, as cancer survivors transition to follow-up care, the frequency of contact with healthcare professionals declines. Evidence suggests that the nature of post-treatment relationships between colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors and their healt...

Introduction When transitioning to follow-up surveillance, cancer survivors experience a marked reduction in the frequency of consultations with healthcare professionals. Evidence suggests this may be associated with a deterioration in cancer survivors’ perceptions of care and may contribute to psychosocial distress and unmet need. Yet, there is a...

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Background: Follow-up care is a central component of cancer survivorship. Declining frequency of contact with healthcare professionals after treatment is linked to psychological distress and perceived insufficiencies in information and support among cancer survivors. However, evidence on the relationship between healthcare-related factors and quali...

Background and Aim: Following cancer treatment, colorectal cancer survivors may continue to experience a multitude of physical, psychological and social effects. Follow-up care is an integral part of cancer survivorship, yet less frequent contact with healthcare professionals after treatment may affect survivors’ perceptions of their care and acces...