Staff Profile - Zoe Cockshott
PhD Student
Zoe Cockshott
Zoë started a PhD in the IHR in October 2005 funded by the Kershaw Fellowship, which was set up to examine users' experiences of CancerCare, a local voluntary organisation providing complementary therapies, counselling and support services to cancer patients, their carers and families.
Zoë's background is in Health Psychology Research and Health Promotion, with a focus on adjustment to long term illness. In her previous post of Research Psychologist in the University of Bristol Rheumatology Department, her clinical research work included development of self-management programmes for people with arthritis, development of outcome measures, and qualitative research exploring experiences of and adjustment to Rheumatoid Arthritis. Prior to this, her work involved similar combinations of clinical and research work in the fields of mental health, disability and head injury.
In her PhD research, Zoë plans to use mainly qualitative methods to explore cancer patients' experiences of CancerCare, and to use mixed methodologies to explore influences or prompts in decisions to use (or not use) CancerCare services. It is hoped that interview data will identify whether personal factors or critical points in the cancer journey (or 'readiness'), influence when people are most likely to seek or accept help from CancerCare. Questionnaires and scales may also be used to identify whether these 'critical points' match up with theoretically measurable concepts such as coping style, adjustment or locus of control.
Projects/Studies
Kershaw Fellowship StudyJournal Articles
Byron M, Cockshott Z, Brownett H, Ramkalawan T(2005) An exploration of the words medical students associate with the term 'disability': What does disability mean for medical students? Medical Education 39(): 176-183
Kirwan JR, Hewlett S, Cockshott Z, Barrett J(2005) Clinical and psychological outcomes in a randomised controlled clinical trial of patient education in rheumatoid arthritis Musculo-Skeletal Care 3(1): 1-16
Hewlett S, Cockshott Z, Byron M, Kitchen K, Tipler S, Pope D, Hehir M(2005) Patients' perceptions of fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis: Overwhelming, uncontrollable, ignored Arthritis care and Research 53(5): 697-702
Hewlett S, Cockshott Z, Kirwan JR, Barrett J, Stamp J, Haslock I(2001) Development and validation of a self-efficacy scale for use in British patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RASE) Rheumatology 40(): 1221-1230
Hewlett S, Duddy J, Cockshott Z, Hehir M, Mitchell K(1999) Reasons for declining clinical research Arthritis and Rheumatism 42(9): 388
Cockshott Z, Hewlett S, Kirwan JR, Haslock I, Stamp J(1997) Do health professionals and patients agree on disease management strategies? Br J Rheumatol 36(1): 415
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Book Chapters
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Reports
Lowe R, Hewlett S, Cockshott Z, Almeida C, Richards P, Kirwan J and RASE study group(2005) Changes in self-efficacy, coping and emotions: Their associations among rheumatoid arthritis patients participating in routine self management programmes European Health Psychology Society Conference 2005
Cockshott Z, Hewlett S, Almeida C, Richards P, Lowe R, Kirwan JR and the RASE Study Group(2005) Rheumatoid Arthritis patient Education in the UK – What is on offer and how is it delivered? Conference of British Society of Rheumatologists / British Health Professionals in Rheumatology
Hewlett S, Cockshott Z, Almeida C, Richards P, Lowe R, Greenwood R, Kirwan JR and the RASE Study Group(2005) Sensitivity to change of the Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (RASE) Conference of British Society of Rheumatologists /British Health Professionals in Rheumatology
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