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Professor Cathy Murphy

 PhD RN
Professor of Continence

Research interests

  • Continence management
  • Dementia and incontinence
  • Continence devices

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Cathy

Email: C.Murphy@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 0607

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD
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Research Publications External roles and responsibilities Biography
Research Publications External roles and responsibilities Biography

Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Continence management
  • Dementia and incontinence
  • Continence devices
  • Continence at the end of life
  • Urinary catheters

Research projects

Active projects

Multicentre trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of a novel urinary catheter designs in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection compared with the traditional Foley design for adults requiring long-term urethral catheterisation (CaDE
Mapping and evidence synthesis for assistive technologies to support adults living at home with long-term continence or toilet-use problems
DemCon 2
Co-development and optimisation of an Intermittent Catheter Needs Assessment Tool (IC-NAT)
Understanding information on, access to, and provision of continence and toilet-use assistive products: a needs assessment for intervention development

Completed projects

Acceptability and practicality of washable absorbent products for moderate / heavy incontinence in three lower and/or middle income countries: end-user and service personnel perspectives
Researchers:
Professor Cathy Murphy
Sponsor: World Health Organization
Primary and community care Intervention to Support the Self-Management of Incontinence for People with Dementia and their Carers
Informing a future research programme to co-produce, optimise, evaluate and implement continence self-management solutions for people living with dementia at home