RAFT - Resilience after the Trauma of Acute Illness
Research type
Research Study
Full title
RAFT - Resilience after the Trauma of Acute Illness
IRAS ID
221985
Contact name
Christian P Subbe
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Liverpool
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 1 days
Research summary
Resilience is the ability to bounce back after traumatic experiences in sport, war or health. While resilience has been investigated in some detail in chronic disease management the impact of high or low resilience on recovery from acute illness is not known.
RAFT if a feasibility to test applicability of commonly used measures of resilience in two groups of patients: patients admitted to hospital as emergencies and patients taking part in pulmonary rehabilitation after a hospital admission.REC name
Wales REC 5
REC reference
17/WA/0024
Date of REC Opinion
10 Feb 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion