Faculty Sketch
Stewart M. Bond, PhD, RN, AOCN
Research Associate in Nursing and Postdoctoral FellowJohn A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin Fellow
stewart.m.bond@vanderbilt.edu
Current Research Interests
My doctoral dissertation research, a three-phase study, addressed the empirical gap in knowledge about delirium in older cancer patients. The first phase, a secondary analysis of data from studies of acute confusion in hospitalized elders, examined delirium and its etiology in a sample of hospitalized older cancer patients. The second phase was a pilot study of a home-based protocol to evaluate delirium in three patients with advanced cancer. The third phase used a descriptive, longitudinal, multiple case study design to examine delirium and delirium vulnerability in seven older cancer patients near the end of life.
Expanding on my doctoral research, my postdoctoral research will focus more broadly on neurocognitive impairment in older cancer patients. Over the past decade, clinicians and investigators have begun to realize that a significant percentage of patients experience neurocognitive changes as a result of their cancer and cancer treatment, and that these changes have a profound negative effect on patient function and quality of life. Older adults may be at increased risk for developing acute and long-term neurocognitive impairment during and after cancer treatment. The societal implications of an enlarging population of older cancer patients with acquired or accelerated neurocognitive impairment are tremendous.
My postdoctoral research will allow me to better understand how frequently and under what circumstances neurocognitive impairment occurs in older adults with cancer during treatment, as well as begin to explore contributing factors and associated patient outcomes. In addition, it will provide a foundation for future studies to determine the epidemiology, risk factors, and ramifications of neurocognitive impairment in older cancer patients, and will lead to interventions that prevent and better manage neurocognitive impairment in this rapidly growing and vulnerable population.
Grants
Neurocognitive Impairment in Older Adults with Cancer, 2007-2009, John A. Hartford Foundation Claire M. Fagin Fellowship, Mentors: Ann Minnick, PhD, RN, FAAN; Barbara Murphy, MD; E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH
Delirium in Terminally Ill Older Cancer Patients, 2001-2003, John A. Hartford Foundation Building Academic Geriatric Nursing Capacity Predoctoral Scholarship, Mentor: Virginia J. Neelon, PhD, RN
Delirium in Terminally Ill Older Cancer Patients, 2001-2005, American Cancer Society Doctoral Scholarship in Cancer Nursing
Delirium in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients, 1999-2001, UNC School of Nursing Institutional National Research Service Award Predoctoral Traineeship (NINR T32 NR07091: Interventions to Prevent and Manage Chronic Illness) Predoctoral Training Fellowship, Mentor, Virginia Neelon, PhD, RN
Representative Publications
Journal Article:
Bond, S.M., Neelon, V.J., & Belyea, M.J. (2006). Delirium in hospitalized older cancer patients. Oncology Nursing Forum, 33, 1075-1083.
Book Chapter:
Bond, S.M. (2006). Symptom management of mucositis. In D. Cope & A. Reb (Eds.). An Evidence Based Approach to the Treatment and Care of the Older Adult with Cancer. Pittsburgh, PA: Oncology Nursing Society.
Published Abstracts and Conference Proceedings:
Bond, S.M. (2007). Self-reported cognitive symptoms and distress in seven older adults with advanced cancer [Abstract]. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34, 214-215.
Bond, S.M., & Neelon, V.J. (2004). Delirium in hospitalized older cancer patients near the end of life [Abstract]. The Gerontologist, 44 (Special Issue 1), 398-399.
Bond, S.M., Neelon, V.J., Belyea, M.J., & Kim, S.H. (2003). Delirium resolution in hospitalized older cancer patients [Abstract]. The Gerontologist, 43 (Special Issue 1), 431.
Bond, S.M., Neelon, V.J., & Belyea, M.J. (2003). Delirium in hospitalized older cancer patients [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Cancer Nursing Research, San Diego, CA, 167.
Bond, S.M., Neelon, V.J., & Belyea, M.J. (2003). A comparison of delirium in hospitalized older cancer patients and non-cancer patients [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society, Orlando, FL, 169.
Bond, S.M., Belyea, M.J., & Neelon, V.J. (2002). Using multivariate analyses to identify factors associated with delirium in older cancer patients [Abstract]. The Gerontologist, 42 (Special Issue 1), 366.
Bond, S.M., Neelon, V.J., & Belyea, M.J. (2002). Characteristics and patterns of delirium in older cancer patients [Abstract]. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society. San Antonio, TX, 172.
Professional Research
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 1992-Present; Member, Joint Geriatric Oncology Consortium (GOC)/ONS Consensus Panel: State of the Union in Geriatric Oncology (June 2003); Member, ONS/GOC Joint Position Statement on Cancer Care in the Older Adult Workgroup