Arun Kumar

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Biography

My health and social care services research interests have primarily focused on issues relating to end of life care, pain in older people, patient experience, information and service evaluation. I have established a good portfolio of both quantitative and qualitative research with sensitive topics in vulnerable populations.

Teaching Summary

Voluntarily have prepared lecture material and delivered lectures on 'Quantitative techniques and methods' as part the pre-registration evidence base practice BSc module for the School of Nursing at… read more

Research Summary

Multi-center cluster randomised trial comparing community group exercise programme and home based exercise with usual care for people aged 65 and over in primary care. See:… read more

Recent Publications

• SEYMOUR, JANE E, KUMAR, ARUN and FROGGATT, KATHERINE, 2011. Do nursing homes for older people have the support they need to provide end- of-life care? A mixed methods enquiry in England. Palliative Medicine. 25(2), 125-138
• BARKER J, KUMAR A, STANTON W, AND BATH-HEXTALL F, 2011. The needs and experiences of people with a diagnosis of skin cancer: a systematic review. 9(4), 104-121
• KUMAR A and ALLCOCK N, 2008. Pain in Older People: Reflections and experiences from an older person’s perspective Help the Aged.

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Voluntarily have prepared lecture material and delivered lectures on 'Quantitative techniques and methods' as part the pre-registration evidence base practice BSc module for the School of Nursing at the University of Nottingham. Further I continue to assist with statistical support and qualitative research methods for PhD and MSc students within the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Physiotherapy

Current Research

Multi-center cluster randomised trial comparing community group exercise programme and home based exercise with usual care for people aged 65 and over in primary care. See: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chs/research/projects/proact65.aspx

Randle J, Lary D, Kumar A., (2011) A systematic review of Hand Hygiene Compliance (HHC) of Children in community settings.

Randle J, Kumar A, Carvalho Peruhype R, Leonardi-Bee J, Bath-Hextall F (2011) An evaluation of educational interventions aimed at decreasing aedes aegypti mosquito breeding sites: A systematic Review.

Kumar A, Kusi-Amponsah A, Bath-Hextall F, Allcock N (2011) Efficacy of music listening as a postoperative pain management intervention in adult patients: a systematic review.

Kumar A and Allcock N., (2011) Using content and narrative analysis to explore biographical accounts of older adults living in pain, Cancer Experiences Collaborative (CECo).

Past Research

Randle, J., Kumar A, Hardie, K., Segal, J., Nerlich, B (2011). Improving children's and their visitors' hand hygiene compliance. Pump Priming Award. Nottingham University NHS Trust.

Kumar A, Phillips MF, (2010-2011). Use of mobile arm supports (MAS) by people with neuromuscular conditions: A mixed methods study.

Jenkinson C, Kumar A, Cox K, Glazebrook C, Bath-Hextall F. (2008-2011). Skin Cancer: Exploring Needs and Experiences [SCENE], The Burdett Trust for Nursing.

Almack K, Kumar A, Kennedy S, Cox K, Seymour J. (2011). The National End of Life Care Programme: a proposal for evaluation. Confidential report to the National Council for Palliative Care/ National End of Life Care Programme.

Seymour J, Arthur A, Cox K, Pollock K, Kennedy S, Kumar A. (2009) Public attitudes to death, dying and bereavement: an interim report of a synthesis of the published UK literature. Confidential report to the National Council for Palliative Care/ National End of Life Care Programme.

Seymour J, Froggatt K, Kumar A. (2009) End of Life Care in Care Homes: Understanding and Mapping Innovative Solutions. Final report to the National End of Life Care Programme.

Kumar A, and Allcock N. (2008) Pain in older people: reflections and experiences from an older person's perspective, Help the Aged and the British Pain Society, London.

Phelps K, Regen E, Kumar A, Jagger C. (2008) Age Discrimination in Social Care Assessment and Provision, Help the Aged.

• SEYMOUR, JANE E, KUMAR, ARUN and FROGGATT, KATHERINE, 2011. Do nursing homes for older people have the support they need to provide end- of-life care? A mixed methods enquiry in England. Palliative Medicine. 25(2), 125-138
• BARKER J, KUMAR A, STANTON W, AND BATH-HEXTALL F, 2011. The needs and experiences of people with a diagnosis of skin cancer: a systematic review. 9(4), 104-121
• KUMAR A and ALLCOCK N, 2008. Pain in Older People: Reflections and experiences from an older person’s perspective Help the Aged.