All Outputs (39)

Chronic pain after cancer treatment: Insights from cancer survivors and healthcare professionals in England, UK to consider how cancer survivors’ experiences can be improved (2024)
Thesis
Armoogum, J. Chronic pain after cancer treatment: Insights from cancer survivors and healthcare professionals in England, UK to consider how cancer survivors’ experiences can be improved. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/10623386

Chronic pain is a common side effect of cancer treatment. Pain is frequently cited as a top concern and unmet need for cancer survivors. This thesis explored experiences of cancer survivors living with chronic pain after cancer and investigated how... Read More about Chronic pain after cancer treatment: Insights from cancer survivors and healthcare professionals in England, UK to consider how cancer survivors’ experiences can be improved.

Exploring the provision of services to support people with cancer-related pain (2023)
Journal Article
Galligan, M., Tanay, M., Armoogum, J., Cook, J., Chapman, S., & Crighton, R. (in press). Exploring the provision of services to support people with cancer-related pain. Cancer Nursing Practice, https://doi.org/10.7748/cnp.2023.e1853

Background. Cancer-related pain is the most reported symptom across all cancer types. Its impact on the person experiencing it is significant and reduces their quality of life. Cancer-related pain is complex, to ensure optimal management, it requir... Read More about Exploring the provision of services to support people with cancer-related pain.

Evaluation of a live educational webinar on ‘Managing Chronic Pain’ (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Galligan, M., Cook, J., Mills, E., Munro, D., Wicke, K., & Wilson, T. (2023, November). Evaluation of a live educational webinar on ‘Managing Chronic Pain’. Poster presented at UKONS, Cardiff, Wales

1: Background Chronic cancer-related pain (CRP) is frequently reported, yet poorly understood. It is essential healthcare professionals have knowledge and skills to support those impacted with chronic and late effect CRP. However, literature shows t... Read More about Evaluation of a live educational webinar on ‘Managing Chronic Pain’.

Chronic post cancer treatment pain – how can we increase unity across pathways? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Llewellyn, A., Harcourt, D., Foster, C., & McCabe, C. (2023, November). Chronic post cancer treatment pain – how can we increase unity across pathways?. Poster presented at UKONS, Cardiff, Wales

Background: Chronic post cancer treatment pain is pain that persists or recurs for longer than three months and is caused by surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy . It can occur months or years after cancer treatment has finished. Limited knowl... Read More about Chronic post cancer treatment pain – how can we increase unity across pathways?.

Evaluation of the impacts of patient and public involvement on cancer nursing doctoral study exploring cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic post cancer treatment pain (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Hepburn, J., Prior, M., McCabe, C., Harcourt, D., Llewellyn, A., …Gibson, A. (2023, November). Evaluation of the impacts of patient and public involvement on cancer nursing doctoral study exploring cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic post cancer treatment pain. Poster presented at UKONS, Cardiff, Wales

Background. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) can help shape research. It is important to capture the impacts that PPI have on cancer nursing doctoral research. Methods: Two Public Contributors, who were cancer survivors living with chronic post... Read More about Evaluation of the impacts of patient and public involvement on cancer nursing doctoral study exploring cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic post cancer treatment pain.

Using the 'Evidencing Work Based Learning' module to improve the experience of people with cancer (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bruce, L., Hamilton, L., & Armoogum, J. (2023, November). Using the 'Evidencing Work Based Learning' module to improve the experience of people with cancer. Poster presented at Macmillan Professionals Conference, Glasgow

Development of online cancer resources to support pre-registration nurses and allied health professionals to increase their knowledge and understanding of cancer care (2023)
Journal Article
Armoogum, J., Taylor, V., Cruickshank, S., Donaldson, J., Wyatt, D., Tanay, M., …Potter, L. (2023). Development of online cancer resources to support pre-registration nurses and allied health professionals to increase their knowledge and understanding of cancer care. British Journal of Nursing, 32(17),

Cancer rates are increasing, and more people are living with cancer and its consequences. Healthcare students will be caring for people affected by cancer in all clinical contexts. However, pre-registration programmes can include limited cancer edu... Read More about Development of online cancer resources to support pre-registration nurses and allied health professionals to increase their knowledge and understanding of cancer care.

Virtual reality reduces anxiety and pain in acute hospital palliative care: Service evaluation (2023)
Journal Article
Burridge, N., Sillence, A., Teape, L., Clark, B., Bruce, E., Armoogum, J., …Etkind, S. (in press). Virtual reality reduces anxiety and pain in acute hospital palliative care: Service evaluation. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004572

Objectives: Virtual reality (VR) might improve symptom management, but there is limited evidence regarding VR in palliative care. We evaluated the feasibility of VR and impact on anxiety and pain for patients in a hospital palliative care consultatio... Read More about Virtual reality reduces anxiety and pain in acute hospital palliative care: Service evaluation.

'I think it affects every aspect of my life, really': Cancer survivors' experience of living with chronic pain after curative cancer treatment in England, UK (2023)
Journal Article
Armoogum, J., Foster, C., Llewellyn, A., Harcourt, D., & McCabe, C. (2023). 'I think it affects every aspect of my life, really': Cancer survivors' experience of living with chronic pain after curative cancer treatment in England, UK. PLoS ONE, 18(9), Article e0290967. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290967

Aim: To explore cancer survivors’ experiences of living with chronic pain after curative cancer treatment in England, UK. Methods: A qualitative study using telephone interviews with adult cancer survivors experiencing chronic pain after curative can... Read More about 'I think it affects every aspect of my life, really': Cancer survivors' experience of living with chronic pain after curative cancer treatment in England, UK.

The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Llewellyn, A., Foster, C., McCabe, C., & Harcourt, D. (2023, August). The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer. Presented at International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) World Congress, 2023, Milan, Italy

Title: The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer Objectives/purpose: Development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic... Read More about The development of clinical recommendations to improve experiences of chronic pain after cancer treatment for people living with and beyond cancer.

Raising awareness of cancer among healthcare students (2023)
Journal Article
Armoogum, J. (2023). Raising awareness of cancer among healthcare students. British Journal of Nursing, 32(10), S3. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2023.32.10.S3

One in two people in the UK born after 1960 will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime (Cancer Research UK, 2018). With such high levels of prevalence, all nurses, regardless of specialty, workplace setting or levels of experience, will be carin... Read More about Raising awareness of cancer among healthcare students.

An exploration of UK healthcare professionals attitudes to and priorities for the delivery of head & neck cancer prehabilitation (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Curtin, D., & Armoogum, J. (2023, May). An exploration of UK healthcare professionals attitudes to and priorities for the delivery of head & neck cancer prehabilitation. Poster presented at 2nd Irish Head and Neck Society meeting, 2023, Co Kilkenny, Ireland

Background: To explore healthcare professionals’ (HCP) views, priorities and training needs relating to head and neck cancer (HNC) Prehabilitation (prehab). Methods: HCP working with HNC patients in the United Kingdom participated in an internet bas... Read More about An exploration of UK healthcare professionals attitudes to and priorities for the delivery of head & neck cancer prehabilitation.

ACCEND Career pathway core cancer capabilities and education framework (2023)
Other
Steering Group, A., & Armoogum, J. (2023). ACCEND Career pathway core cancer capabilities and education framework. [Manual / Guide]. Online

Advances in diagnosing and treating cancer are having a transformational impact on outcomes for millions of cancer patients. Our NHS cancer workforce needs to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to deliver for patients. The diagnosis, treatme... Read More about ACCEND Career pathway core cancer capabilities and education framework.

Exploring the provision of services to support those living with cancer-related pain: A UK perspective (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Galligan, M., Tanay, M., Cook, J., Crighton, R., Chapman, S., & Cameron, F. (2022, November). Exploring the provision of services to support those living with cancer-related pain: A UK perspective. Poster presented at UKONS Annual Conference (2022)

Addressing the professional and educational issues for the cancer nursing and allied health professions workforce: A collaborative, strategic, UK-wide approach (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Bell, D., Bowles, K., Campbell, K., Davis, J., Fores, M., …Taylor, V. (2022, September). Addressing the professional and educational issues for the cancer nursing and allied health professions workforce: A collaborative, strategic, UK-wide approach. Presented at ESMO Congress, Paris, France

Background Cancer will affect 1 in 2 of us during our lifetime. Never has the time to focus upon the cancer workforce been more critical. The importance of developing the cancer workforce has been emphasised globally, within Europe and the United Ki... Read More about Addressing the professional and educational issues for the cancer nursing and allied health professions workforce: A collaborative, strategic, UK-wide approach.

Preliminary report: Impact of specialist education (2022)
Report
Armoogum, J. (in press). Preliminary report: Impact of specialist education. Health Education England

This report outlines the preliminary findings of a study exploring the impact of specialist cancer education on healthcare professionals’ learning, development and practice. It describes what motivates healthcare students to undertake specialist canc... Read More about Preliminary report: Impact of specialist education.

Health care professionals’ views regarding chronic post cancer treatment pain in cancer survivors: understanding, experience and confidence (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Foster, C., LLewellyn, A., Harcourt, D., & McCabe, C. (2021, November). Health care professionals’ views regarding chronic post cancer treatment pain in cancer survivors: understanding, experience and confidence. Poster presented at UK Oncology Nursing Society Conference (UKONS), Online

Introduction: Chronic post-cancer treatment pain (CPCTP) is pain caused by cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery (1). The prevalence of CPCTP affects many cancer ranges from 24 to 48% of people who have finished cancer t... Read More about Health care professionals’ views regarding chronic post cancer treatment pain in cancer survivors: understanding, experience and confidence.

An exploration into the experience, needs and service provision for cancer survivors living with persistent pain (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., McCabe, C., Harcourt, D., Foster, C., & Llewellyn, A. (2021, March). An exploration into the experience, needs and service provision for cancer survivors living with persistent pain. Presented at International Conference on Cancer Nursing (ICCN), London, UK

Evaluation of a work-based learning university module for healthcare professionals working in cancer care (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Armoogum, J., Potter-Libby, , Fairhurst-Joanna, , Bruce-Lyn, , Leloch-Daniella, , Armoogum-Julie, , & Warn-Clive, . (2020, November). Evaluation of a work-based learning university module for healthcare professionals working in cancer care. Poster presented at UK Oncology Nursing Society Conference

Work-based learning offers a means of linking theory to practice and of valuing practice, as an integral part of professional and clinical education. The evidencing work-based learning (EWBL) module enables Macmillan professionals to take forward a... Read More about Evaluation of a work-based learning university module for healthcare professionals working in cancer care.

The role of theatre in end of life care education; a qualitative exploration. (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Rogers, K., & Armoogum, J. (2020, February). The role of theatre in end of life care education; a qualitative exploration. Poster presented at British Psychosocial Oncology Society Conference, Edinburgh, UK

Background End of life care is an important aspect of psychosocial oncology. To provide end of life care which meets people’s psychosocial needs healthcare professionals require both intellectual skills and highly attuned emotional intelligence. Str... Read More about The role of theatre in end of life care education; a qualitative exploration..