Nursing research snapshot
Prof David Arthur - Nursing - National University of Singapore
nurdga@nus.edu.sg
My areas of research expertise
- Schizophrenia and patient family education
- Alcohol early intervention
- Postnatal depression
- Problem gambling
- Professional self concept of nurses
My favoured methodology / methodologies
- Descriptive (Likert scale survey)
- Experimental (RCT)
- Phenomenology
Areas that I am currently researching
- Problem gambling in university students
- Interventions for problem gamblers
- Midwife initiated intervention for women with post natal depression
- A regional scoping study of palliative care
- A self help rehabilitation for first time patients with myocardial infarction
Areas of research that are of emerging interest to me
- Palliative care
- Prevention of complications of diabetes
I am interested in collaborating with U21 colleagues in the following areas of research
- Problem gambling in university students
- Interventions for problem gamblers
- Midwife initiated intervention for women with post natal depression
- A regional scoping study of palliative care
- A self help rehabilitation for first time patients with myocardial infarction
The area in which I wish to undertake a visiting scholarship
- Any of the above
Resources/facilities currently available to me that I would like to highlight
- No scholarships are available however departmental support is available as is sabbatical leave
Additional Comment
- The Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies is keen to work with U21 Colleagues and will fund visits of its staff to visit colleagues for research purposes and will welcome and support visiting scholars.
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