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Overview

Karen Hancock is affiliated with the Children's Hospital at Westmead in Australia. Their research has focused on aspects of caregiving within intergenerational family dynamics, with particular attention to sexual and gender minority populations living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Their recent publications include the 2024 paper Engaging Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of Alzheimer's and Related Dementias: The RISE Project, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia. In 2025, they contributed to Impact of State-Level Metrics of Equity on Psychosocial Outcomes for Sexual and Gender Minority Caregivers of People Living With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, which appeared in Research in Gerontological Nursing.

Karen Hancock's main topics of study span:

  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

The subfields of study relevant to their work include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jason D. Flatt
  • Joel G. Anderson
  • Krystal Kittle
  • Brittany Klenczar
  • Chiaki Yamada

The publication venues where Karen Hancock's work has appeared are:

  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Research in Gerontological Nursing

Best Publications

  • A systematic review of prognostic/end-of-life communication with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness: patient/caregiver preferences for the content, style, and timing of information

    Sharon M. Parker;Josephine M. Clayton;Karen Hancock;Sharon Walder

  • Barriers to participation in and adherence to cardiac rehabilitation programs: a critical literature review.

    John Daly;Andrew P Sindone;David R Thompson;Karen Hancock

  • Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life-limiting illnesses: a systematic review

    Karen Hancock;Josephine M Clayton;Sharon M Parker;Sharon Wal der

  • Epidemiology of stuttering in the community across the entire life span.

    Ashley Craig;Karen Hancock;Yvonne Tran;Magali Craig

  • Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers

    Josephine M. Clayton;Karen M. Hancock;Phyllis N. Butow;Martin H.N. Tattersall

  • Role stress in nurses: review of related factors and strategies for moving forward.

    Esther M. Chang;Karen M. Hancock;Amanda Johnson;John Daly

  • Role stress and role ambiguity in new nursing graduates in Australia

    Esther Chang;Karen Hancock

  • Sustaining hope when communicating with terminally ill patients and their families: a systematic review.

    Josephine M. Clayton;Karen Hancock;Sharon Parker;Phyllis N. Butow

  • The relationships among workplace stressors, coping methods, demographic characteristics, and health in Australian nurses.

    Esther M. Chang;John W. Daly;Karen M. Hancock;John Bidewell

  • Review: Effectiveness of mindfulness in improving mental health symptoms of children and adolescents: A meta‐analysis.

    Kannan Kallapiran;Siew Koo;Richard Kirubakaran;Karen Hancock

  • A Controlled Clinical Trial for Stuttering in Persons Aged 9 to 14 Years

    Ashley Craig;Karen Hancock;Esther Chang;Chris McCready

  • Anxiety levels in people who stutter: a randomized population study.

    Ashley Craig;Karen Hancock;Yvonne Tran;Magali Craig

  • A longitudinal investigation into anxiety and depression in the first 2 years following a spinal cord injury.

    A R Craig;K M Hancock;H G Dickson

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the treatment of anxiety: A systematic review

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  • Anxiety and depression over the first year of spinal cord injury: a longitudinal study

    K M Hancock;A R Craig;H G Dickson;E Chang

  • Discrepant Perceptions About End-of-Life Communication: A Systematic Review

    Karen Hancock;Josephine M. Clayton;Sharon M. Parker;Sharon Walder

  • Challenges for professional care of advanced dementia.

    Esther Chang;John Daly;Amanda Johnson;Kathleen Harrison

  • Self-Reported Factors Related to Relapse following Treatment for Stuttering

    A. R. Craig;K. Hancock

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy versus Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Children With Anxiety: Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Karen M. Hancock;Jessica Swain;Cassandra J. Hainsworth;Angela L. Dixon

  • Long-term psychological outcomes in spinal cord injured persons: results of a controlled trial using cognitive behavior therapy.

    Ashley R. Craig;Karen Hancock;Hugh Dickson;Esther Chang

  • Two- to Six-Year Controlled-Trial Stuttering Outcomes for Children and Adolescents

    Karen Hancock;Ashley Craig;Chris McCready;Annette McCaul

  • A cardiac rehabilitation program to improve psychosocial outcomes of women with heart disease

    Patricia M Davidson;Michelle DiGiacomo;Robert Zecchin;Mary E Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashley Craig
Ashley Craig University of Sydney
Phyllis Butow
Phyllis Butow University of Sydney
Debra K. Moser
Debra K. Moser University of Kentucky
Christopher Tennant
Christopher Tennant University of Sydney
Afaf Girgis
Afaf Girgis University of New South Wales

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