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The clinical psychologist’s role in the OOKP clinic. A one year review
Author(s) -
BUSUTTIL A,
HOIT C,
CAMIC P,
GOMAA A,
HEROLD J,
THORP S,
LIU C
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.4428.x
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , psychosocial , medicine , service (business) , perspective (graphical) , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , surgery , economy , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
OOKP Surgery places complex Physical and Psychological demands on patients. Attention to Psychological factors is likely to facilitate good outcome and improve Quality of Life. This presentation outlines an innovative addition to the OOKP service at Sussex Eye Hospital, Brighton UK, incorporating a Clinical Psychologist as a member of the OOKP medical team. It will describe the first year's work including a study which has identified four subgroups of patients presenting for OOKP and the psychological needs of each group. The presentation describes how the service aims to address the particular psychological needs of these patient groups from assessment to psychological follow up. The presentation will also include a summary of a second Qualitative Interview study looking at patients' reports of their experiences of undergoing OOKP from a bio‐psychosocial perspective.The National Health Service, UK seeks to use patient experience and feedback to shape clinical services and the implications of the outcomes of the research for the service will be discussed.