Dear All,
The next HERG seminar will take place on 13th February 2013, in the HERG Meeting Room (051), Gaskell Building, Brunel University between 12.30 - 2.00 pm. A sandwich lunch will be available for all guests from 12.30 pm and the presentation will start promptly at 1.00 pm.
Invited Speaker - Zoe Garrett
Zoe is currently completing a part-time PhD at Health Economic Research Group, Brunel University looking at the inclusion of caregiver outcomes in health technology assessment of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis. She has worked at the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) as part of the technology appraisals work programme since October 2005. Prior to working at NICE she worked as a researcher specialising in systematic review at the Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London and City University, London.
Title - Factors influencing the outcomes of caregivers of people with arthritis: a systematic review
Summary - People with long-term conditions often receive care from family members or friends. For some people providing care can result in time lost to work or other activities and have an adverse effect on their health status. It has been proposed that these effects should be included in economic evaluations of healthcare technologies. However, their inclusion is rare and for conditions such as arthritis where treatments aim to reduce disease severity, rather than to prevent or cure disease, to include these effects they need to be related to patient health status. This presentation reports the results of a systematic review that investigated the factors that influence outcomes of caregivers of adults with arthritis. Twenty-five studies were identified, mainly focusing on rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. The studies included intervention, cross-sectional and qualitative studies. Studies were initially analysed by study type with synthesis guided by Pearlin and colleagues' model of factors influencing caregiver outcomes. Different study types were then brought together in a single synthesis framework. The process of synthesis suggested that Pearlin’s model was broadly applicable to arthritis conditions. The outcomes suggested that as patient health status gets worse the amount of care provided increases. However, patient health status was not consistently related to caregiver health outcomes, rather these were influenced by factors such as the perceived quality of the patient-caregiver relationship and efficacy in providing care. Caregiver health status appeared to influence how the caregiver felt about providing care but not the amount of care provided. The review suggests that the relationship between patient health status and time spent caring and between patient health status and caregiver health status may be different. This could impact on consideration of how these are incorporated into economic evaluations of healthcare technologies.
Details on how to find HERG can be viewed at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/herg/about-herg/contact-us
To give us an indication of numbers, please reply to Nicky Dunne ([log in to unmask]) or Jeshika Singh ([log in to unmask]) if you wish to attend.
NB: if you are driving please note you are required to collect a temporary permit from main reception (Wilfred Brown Building). Further information can be found at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/campus/directions/car-parking
Thank you,
Jes
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