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Research project

Improving outcomes in dialysis patients through promotion of effective self-regulation

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Research overview

This project benefits from a collaborative PhD scholarship that is jointly funded by the ESRC via SENSS and ESNEFT 2020-2024.

Optimal management of many diseases requires patients to make behavioural changes, with which they struggle. Limitations in the existing evidence base indicate the need to identify self-regulatory processes that might be targets for psychological intervention within health care settings.

This project aims to develop and test a comprehensive account of self-regulation in chronic disease, with immediate relevance to care of dialysis patients and to chronic disease management generally.

Public Understanding of Kidney Disease

The ways in which people understand illness, known as illness representations, are an important guide to how they interpret and respond to symptoms.

We are currently running a study to investigate public representations of kidney disease. If you are over 18 years and would like to take part in the study you can do so online.

We are interested to hear from anybody, whether they have experience of kidney disease or not.


Take part online

Researchers

Olayinka Farris
Olayinka Farris

Postgraduate research student

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Professor Sheina Orbell
Professor Sheina Orbell

Researcher

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Dr Veronica Lamarche
Dr Veronica Lamarche

Researcher

Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Dr Richard Smith
Dr Richard Smith

Researcher

ESNEFT, NHS

Dr Richard Smith is a consultant nephrologist and clinical director of Research at ESNEFT. He's been involved in the Long COVID research study as a co-investigator since the outset and is taking over as the chief investigator from Kate Harrall.

Essex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing (EEPRU)
Health behaviour
Research degrees in the Department of Psychology
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