Publications by authors named "Jenny Gingles"
PA10 What i need you to know. building a collaborative communication tool.
BMJ Support Palliat Care
April 2015
Background: During strategy consultation in Northern Ireland an "End of Life Care Passport" was suggested as a way to address myriad communication difficulties involved in living with evolving illness.
Aim: To build a patient-owned communication tool to facilitate important conversations and capture key information as health changes.
Methods: Participatory action methods used to engage service users, carers, patient advocates, and healthcare professionals.
Background: There are little data available on the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the United Kingdom. The Northern Ireland Cost and Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (NICECOPD) study is a two-stage survey to examine the prevalence of obstructive lung disease in a general population sample in the Greater Belfast area.
Methods: In stage one 4000 subjects aged 40-69 years were selected at random from the general population.