Biography
Dr. Groll’s primary areas of research are quality of life, physical function, and chronic illness. She uses measures such as self-reported questionnaires, medical records, and administrative databases to understand the relationship between chronic illness, patient physical function, and quality of life. She is currently involved in examining how nursing interventions in the acute care setting impact physical function in cardiology patients. She collaborates with researchers from Queen’s University and the University of Toronto in studies examining factors that impact caregiver burden and quality of life in elderly cardiac and cancer patients. She has developed a comorbidity index to control for chronic illness in longitudinal studies, and is currently validating this instrument in a variety of populations. Dr. Groll is also interested in health policy and the outcome of public health programs such as the Universal Influenza Immunization Program. Her clinical training is in psychiatric nursing, and she teaches 3rd year Mental Health Nursing.
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