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

该研究项目旨在建立需要纳入患者护理的心理机制，以指导患者自我管理其慢性疾病。它为学生提供了一个令人兴奋的机会，以推进慢性疾病自我调节的心理理论，并有助于改善患者护理。与肾脏医学顾问合作，该学生的目标是：（i）识别与临床结果相关的自我调节的心理过程（ii）调查自我调节的作用，管理在解释病人的情绪与结果的关系你将加入一个蓬勃发展的研究生研究社区在心理学系，并将密切合作医院工作人员和成年肾病患者。这将提供宝贵的经验，为研究人员热衷于发展职业生涯内或与NHS设置合作。

The research project aims to establish the psychological mechanisms that need to be incorporated into patient care in order to guide patients in self-managing their chronic illness.It provides an exciting opportunity for a student to advance psychological theory in chronic disease self-regulation and contribute to improved patient care.Working in collaboration with a consultant in renal medicine the studentship aims to:(i) Identify psychological processes of self regulation that are related to clinical outcomes (ii) Investigate the role of self-management in explaining the relationship of patient mood to outcomesYou will join a thriving postgraduate research community at the Department of Psychology and will work closely with hospital staff and adult patients with kidney disease. This will provide invaluable experience for a researcher keen to develop a career working within or in collaboration with NHS settings.