Claire Kydonaki
claire kydonaki

Dr Claire Kydonaki

Lecturer

 0131 455 2732

  C.Kydonaki@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Edinburgh Napier University. My role involves lecturing at undergraduate and supervising research degrees (Master’s & PhD). Within my role, I am a link lecturer at various acute clinical areas and personal tutor to a cohort of undergraduate students.
I have a significant research work and focus on clinical decision-making, and critical care research at postdoctoral level. Some of my recent achievement was to lead and coordinate the qualitative component of a mixed methods complex intervention study on quality improvement of sedation management in critical care with impact on improving current sedation care for the critically ill patients. I have also led and co-led on a number of research grants.
Prior to my current appointment, I was employed as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, School of Health in Social Science, Nursing studies.
I have over 10 years of experience within the field of critical care nursing including bedside, and mentoring roles. My critical care experience includes working in a number of units in Greece and Scotland incorporating cardiothoracic, trauma and head injury specialty units, as well as medical and surgical intensive care units. Professional membership includes the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the British Association of Critical Care Nurses.

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Conference Organising Activity

  • Huby G, Walsh T, Kean S, Kydonaki K (2010) Knowledge Transfer project: Co-ordinated, integrated and fit for purpose: holistic care for intensive care survivors in a single-condition environment?, aimed at raising awareness and networking with policy maker
  • ESRC International Networking & Training Opportunity for an interdisciplinary ICU summer school (PI: S Kean, Ramsay P, Kydonaki K (Co-I), Merriweather J & Lin F) (ESRC: RES – 810-21-0023; £39,960) – Co-organising/ delivering the summer school
  • UKCCRF, Co-chairing conference session.

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Scottish Intensive Care Society Nursing Award 2015
  • Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Award for the 22nd ESICM conference, Vienna.
  • Travel grant BACCN for the10th WFSICCM Congress and 63rd ANIARTI Congress in Florence.

 

Invited Speaker

  • Kean S & Kydonaki K (2011) (invited speaker) Families & ICU survivors’ experiences in and after intensive care, Hong Kong
  • Symposium: “Developing and testing interventions to promote recovery and rehabilitation after critical illness” 6th European federation of Critical Care Nurses (EfCCNa)
  • Oral presentation: “A pilot study exploring the sufficiency of methods to measure the impact of wireless respiratory monitoring (RESpeck) on post-operative patients”. RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference
  • Oral presentation: ‘Observing the weaning of long-term ventilated patients: the approaches to weaning in a general ICU’.10th WFSICCM Congress and 63rd ANIARTI Congress. Florence
  • Oral presentation: ‘Nurses’ decision-making from mechanical ventilation: results from a pilot study’. 3rd EfCCNa Congress and 27th Aniarti Congress. Florence, .
  • Oral presentation: “Engaging clinicians in ICU research. An example from a QI study on sedation management (DESIST study)”. UK Critical Care Research Forum
  • Oral presentation: Recovery from critical illness symposium: ‘Weaning from mechanical ventilation: a starting point to critically ill patients’ recovery’. RCN Annual International Nursing Research Conference, Harrogate, 16-18 May 2011.
  • Oral presentation: ‘Nurses’ clinical decision-making in mechanical ventilation and weaning: how to access nurses’ mind?’. RCN 2008 International Research Conference. Liverpool

 

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Frightening and Traumatic Memories Early After Intensive Care Discharge

Journal Article
on behalf of the DESIST Investigators, , Train, S., Kydonaki, K., Rattray, J., Stephen, J., Weir, C. J., & Walsh, T. S. (2019)
Frightening and Traumatic Memories Early After Intensive Care Discharge. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 199(1), 120-121. doi:10.1164/rccm.201804-0699le
No abstract available.

Counselling for patients and families after intensive care: a feasibility study and mixed methods evaluation

Presentation / Conference
Ramsay, P., Kydonaki, C., Jailobaeva, K., McQuillan, L., & Walsh, T. (2018, March)
Counselling for patients and families after intensive care: a feasibility study and mixed methods evaluation. Presented at NHS Lothian NMAHP Conference, 2018, NHS Lothian
No abstract available.

Patient- and family-centered performance measures focused on actionable processes of care for persistent and chronic critical illness: protocol for a systematic review

Journal Article
Rose, L., Istanboulian, L., Allum, L., Burry, L., Dale, C., Hart, N., …Connolly, B. (2017)
Patient- and family-centered performance measures focused on actionable processes of care for persistent and chronic critical illness: protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 6, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0476-9
Background: Approximately 5 to 10% of critically ill patients transition from acute critical illness to a state of persistent and in some cases chronic critical illness. Thes...

An integrative review of factors influencing the use of antibiotic de-escalation in hospital setting

Presentation / Conference
Wojcik, G., Kydonaki, C., Willis, D. & Williams, B. (2017, March)
An integrative review of factors influencing the use of antibiotic de-escalation in hospital setting. Poster presented at Edinburgh Antimicrobial Resistance Research Symposium, Edinburgh
No abstract available.

Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial

Journal Article
Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, K., Antonelli, J., Stephen, J., Lee, R. J., Everingham, K., …Weir, C. J. (2016)
Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 4(10), 807-817. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600%2816%2930178-3
Staff education, regular sedation and analgesia quality feedback, and a sedation monitoring technology for improving sedation and analgesia quality for critically ill, mechani...

Development of process control methodology for tracking the quality and safety of pain, agitation and sedation management in critical care units

Journal Article
Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, K., Lee, R. J., Everingham, K., Antonelli, J., Harkness, R. T., …Weir, C. J. (2016)
Development of process control methodology for tracking the quality and safety of pain, agitation and sedation management in critical care units. Critical Care Medicine, 44(3), 564-574. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000001463
Objective: To develop sedation, pain, and agitation quality measures using process control methodology and evaluate their properties in clinical practice. Design: A Sedation ...

Rationale, design and methodology of a trial evaluating three strategies designed to improve sedation quality in intensive care units (DESIST study)

Journal Article
Weir, C. J., Kydonaki, K., Walsh, T. S., Kydonaki, C. (., Antonelli, J., Stephen, J., …Weir, C. (2016)
Rationale, design and methodology of a trial evaluating three strategies designed to improve sedation quality in intensive care units (DESIST study). BMJ Open, 6(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010148
Objectives To describe the rationale, design and methodology for a trial of three novel interventions developed to improve sedation-analgesia quality in adult intensive care u...

Understanding nurses’ decision-making when managing weaning from mechanical ventilation: a study of novice and experienced critical care nurses in Scotland and Greece.

Journal Article
Kydonaki, C. (., Huby, G., Tocher, J., & Aitken, L. M. (2016)
Understanding nurses’ decision-making when managing weaning from mechanical ventilation: a study of novice and experienced critical care nurses in Scotland and Greece. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(3-4), 434-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13070
Aim and objectives To examine how nurses collect and use cues from respiratory assessment to inform their decisions as they wean patients from ventilatory support. Background ...

Difficult to wean patients: cultural factors and their impact on weaning decision-making.

Journal Article
Kydonaki, C. (., Huby, G., & Tocher, J. (2013)
Difficult to wean patients: cultural factors and their impact on weaning decision-making. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23, 683-693. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12104
Aims and objectives To examine the elements of the intensive care environment and consider the impact on nurses' involvement in decision-making when weaning from mechanical v...

Decisional responsibility for mechanical ventilation and weaning: an international survey

Journal Article
Rose, L., Blackwood, B., Egerod, I., Haugdahl, H., Hofhuis, J., Isfort, M., …Schultz, M. J. (2011)
Decisional responsibility for mechanical ventilation and weaning: an international survey. Critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Forum, 15, R295. https://doi.org/10.1186/cc10588
Introduction Optimal management of mechanical ventilation and weaning requires dynamic and collaborative decision making to minimize complications and avoid delays in the tra...

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