Dr Clare Dow - Senior Research Fellow, University of Stirling

Clare started with us in August 2005 having previously worked at Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh. Clare is now based within the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Stirling.

Research interests

Clare's areas of research interests are self-management of chronic conditions with a particular interest in chronic pain and stroke. Clare has worked on the development of information resources for the DIPEx – Personal Experience of Health and Illness website (www.dipex.org) including a module on chronic pain and a module on stroke which is currently under development.  She has an interest in exploring the service users experiences and perspectives of self care and self management and is committed to the active involvement of service users in the development of research.

Five recent publications

Mortimer, C., MacDonald, R.J.M., Martin, D.J., McMillan, I., Ravey, J. and Steedman, W.M. (2004) A focus group study of health professionals’ views on phantom sensation, phantom pain and the need for patient information. Patient Education and Counseling, 54, 221-226

Mortimer, C., Steedman, W.M., McMillan, I., Martin, D.J. and Ravey, J. (2002) Patient information on phantom limb pain: a focus group study of patient experiences, perceptions and opinions. Journal of Health Education Research, 17, 291-304

Steedman, W.M., Mortimer, C., McMillan, I.R. and Ravey, J. (1998) Phantom Pain II: Patients' experiences, beliefs and knowledge. British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 5, 352-369

Steedman, W.M., Mortimer, C., McMillan, I.R. and Ravey, J. (1998) Phantom sensation and phantom pain 1: An overview of the literature. British Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 5, 295-298