Prospective Longitudinal Study - Symptom Clusters & Their Effects - Physical & Psychogical Functioning Patients Metastat
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$149,599.00
Summary
People with advanced cancer often experience several concurrent debilitating symptoms, yet most symptom research focuses on the study of individual symptoms. This study aims to gain a better understanding of the patterns and effects of specific groups of symptoms across the trajectory of a patient's illness following diagnosis of advanced cancer. Such knowledge is critical to the development of more focused symptom assessment processes and more appropriately targeted interventions.
Cellular Modelling Of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Risk Genes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$753,746.00
Summary
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a prevalent behavioural disorder affecting 7.4% of Australian children and adolescents. It has a strong genetic component with high heritability estimates (75–90%) comparable to other serious mental illness such as autism and schizophrenia. Identification and functional characterization of the genetic causes of this disorder will enhance our knowledge of its neurobiology and revolutionise the drug treatment of the disorder.
The Centre for Research Excellence in Nursing Interventions for Hospitalised Patients will provide evidence to improve the nursing care of a broad range of hospitalised patients who are at risk of complications related to compromised skin integrity and poor pain/anxiety management. Systematic reviews and clinical trials will provide the basis for developing clinical practice guidelines to assist nurses in providing high quality care to the 3.5 million Australians admitted to hospital each year.