What is she best known for?
The fields of study she is best known for:
- Cancer
- Internal medicine
- Health care
Afaf Girgis focuses on Psychosocial, Cancer, Anxiety, Family medicine and Psychiatry.
Her studies in Psychosocial integrate themes in fields like Nursing research, Physical therapy, Gerontology, Coping and Social support.
Her Cancer study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Psychological intervention, Nursing and Disease.
Her Anxiety research integrates issues from Survivorship curve, Longitudinal study and Depression.
Her Family medicine research includes themes of Cancer treatment and Surgery.
Her research investigates the connection with Psychiatry and areas like Clinical psychology which intersect with concerns in Cronbach's alpha and Randomized controlled trial.
Her most cited work include:
- The unmet supportive care needs of patients with cancer (740 citations)
- Evaluation of an instrument to assess the needs of patients with cancer (354 citations)
- Breaking bad news: consensus guidelines for medical practitioners. (350 citations)
What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Family medicine, Cancer, Nursing, Psychosocial and Psychological intervention.
Afaf Girgis studied Family medicine and Intervention that intersect with Physical therapy.
In the field of Cancer, her study on Prostate cancer overlaps with subjects such as Unmet needs and Institutional repository.
Her Palliative care and Public health study in the realm of Nursing interacts with subjects such as Needs assessment.
Her work in Psychosocial addresses issues such as Anxiety, which are connected to fields such as Distress.
Her Psychological intervention research focuses on subjects like Randomized controlled trial, which are linked to Clinical trial.
She most often published in these fields:
- Family medicine (32.63%)
- Cancer (26.58%)
- Nursing (23.68%)
What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2016-2021)?
- Family medicine (32.63%)
- Cancer (26.58%)
- Psychosocial (18.42%)
In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:
Family medicine, Cancer, Psychosocial, Psychological intervention and Nursing are her primary areas of study.
Her work deals with themes such as Clinical trial, Intervention, Anxiety, Palliative care and Breast cancer, which intersect with Family medicine.
Her study in the field of Survivorship curve is also linked to topics like Unmet needs and Indigenous.
Her Psychosocial research includes themes of Distress, Clinical psychology and Health care.
Her Psychological intervention research integrates issues from PsycINFO and Worry.
Her Nursing research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Focus group and Health professionals.
Between 2016 and 2021, her most popular works were:
- Randomized Trial of ConquerFear: A Novel, Theoretically Based Psychosocial Intervention for Fear of Cancer Recurrence (65 citations)
- eHealth System for Collecting and Utilizing Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Personalized Treatment and Care (PROMPT-Care) Among Cancer Patients: Mixed Methods Approach to Evaluate Feasibility and Acceptability (28 citations)
- A systematic review of psychotherapeutic interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer: Context matters (21 citations)
In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Internal medicine
- Cancer
- Health care
Afaf Girgis mainly investigates Psychological intervention, Family medicine, Cancer, Physical therapy and Nursing research.
Her Psychological intervention research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Psychosocial, Anxiety, Coping, Social support and Focus group.
Her research combines Health care and Psychosocial.
Her study in Family medicine is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Personalized treatment, Response rate and Logistic regression.
Her Cancer research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Checklist and Distress Thermometer.
As part of one scientific family, Afaf Girgis deals mainly with the area of Physical therapy, narrowing it down to issues related to the Clinical trial, and often Randomized controlled trial, Patient participation and Retrospective cohort study.
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