K.M. O'Brien

ORCID: 0000-0003-0398-6912
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Research Areas
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Polyomavirus and related diseases
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Viral-associated cancers and disorders
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Family and Disability Support Research

National Cancer Registry
2014-2017

Head and neck cancer is a serious form of that can generate substantial physical psychosocial morbidity. Informal caregivers help patients to manage head its emotional impacts, both during after treatment. Caregivers, however, experience considerable stress as result their caring activities. Supportive relationships protect from strain. Thirty-one were interviewed about experiences accessing social support networks; difficulties they experienced this support; strategies used address these...

10.1111/ecc.12619 article EN European Journal of Cancer Care 2016-12-22

Objective To establish an international patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) study among prostate cancer survivors, up to 18 years postdiagnosis, in two countries with different healthcare systems and ethical frameworks. Design A cross-sectional, postal survey of survivors sampled recruited via population-based registries. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) evaluated patients for eligibility participate. Questionnaires contained validated instruments assess health-related quality life...

10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006851 article EN cc-by-nc BMJ Open 2015-04-01

The purpose of this study was to quantify the general cancer support activities that long-term carers head and neck (HNC) survivors engage in; relationships between these care psychological well-being. Respondents answered a survey detailing their caring activities, amount time they spent on those how comfortable felt engaging in them. Psychological well-being assessed by Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21. A total 197 took part study. majority (76%) were women, mean age 57.4. Mean since...

10.1111/ecc.12520 article EN European Journal of Cancer Care 2016-06-07

Background The incidence of nonmelanomatous skin cancer (NMSC) is substantially higher among renal transplant recipients (RTRs) than in the general population. With a growing RTR population, robust method for monitoring rates this population required. Methods A modeling approach was used to estimate trends NMSC that adjusted changes (sex and age), calendar time, duration posttransplant follow-up, background rates. databases both Northern Ireland (NI) Republic (ROI) were linked their...

10.1097/tp.0000000000000115 article EN Transplantation 2014-05-05

To estimate prevalence of post-colposcopy physical after-effects and investigate associations between these subsequent psychological distress.

10.1111/1471-0528.14671 article EN BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2017-04-05
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