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Dr. Catherine Mc Cabe

Associate Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING
      
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Dr. Catherine Mc Cabe

Associate Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING

 camccabe@tcd.ie

 3531896 3019


Dr McCabe is a Registered General Nurse with over 30 years experience in nursing and healthcare research, practice, and education. Her research interests and expertise are in the areas of: Digital Health; Acute/Critical care; Arts and Health and research methodology (RCT's and systematic review). Her current research focuses on integrated digital health and technology for clinical practice innovation, staff health and well-being and health education.
  Acute care management, early detection deterioration   Adjustment Psychology   Bone Marrow transplantation and transfusion   Chronic Illness self-management   Digital Health   Online education in healthcare   Psychometrics   QUALITY OF LIFE   RANDOMISED-CONTROLLED TRIAL
Project Title
 Worksite - tailored Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (wCDSMP) to improve mental health, well-being and work ability among Nurses and Midwives: A stepped wedge RCT design
From
Feb 2026
To
Feb 2030
Summary
This study will investigate whether an online group-based wCDSMP supports mental health, wellbeing and work ability in nurses/midwives and investigate the conditions required for its successful implementation. Two hundred nurses and midwives will be recruited to a trainer led group - based online training intervention run over 6 weeks, for 50 minutes twice a week. This study will try to find out if the programme has an effect on work attendance and performance, quality of life, sleep and sense of wellbeing. This will be the first study to develop and implement this intervention in Ireland.
Funding Agency
HRB
Programme
ILCT 2025
Project Type
RCT
Project Title
 Ethical Leadership in Nursing Management
From
December 2025
To
December 2027
Summary
The project will aim to improve the ethical leadership of nurse managers with a blended interactive in-person training program, supported by digital material.
Funding Agency
Erasmus + KA220-HED - Cooperation partnerships in higher education
Programme
Erasmus+
Project Type
Education Evaluation
Project Title
 An exploration of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of informal documentation systems used by an interprofessional group in the clinical setting.
From
April 2025
To
April 2026
Summary
Exploratory qualitative study of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of informal documentation systems used by an interprofessional group in the clinical setting.
Funding Agency
Unfunded
Project Title
 Impact of Digital Health Interventions on Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis. Digital Health
From
2022
To
2024
Summary
Impact of Digital Health Interventions on Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis. Digital Health
Funding Agency
Not funded
Project Title
 Gravitate-Health
From
November 2020
To
Summary
Improving patient access, understanding and adherence to healthcare information: an integrated digital health information project.
Funding Agency
IMI
Programme
IMI-2019-18-03
Project Type
Research and Innovation

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IUA representative on the National Deteriorating Patient Improvement Programme (DPIP) and member of the working group on NEWS Education Programme March 2019
Ministerial Appointed Member of the Occupational Therapists Registration Board, CORU - Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals 2016 - 2020
Details Date From Date To
European Academy of Nursing Science Elected Board Member and Treasurer May 2019 To date
ECHAlliance European Connected Health Alliance Group September 2019 To date
The Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI) October 2012 to date
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland March 1988 To date
Chris Gastmans and Evelyne Mertens and Alvisa Palese and Brian Keogh and Francesca Apolloni and Johanna Wiisak and Catherine Mc Cabe and Maria Dimitriadou and Alessandro Galazzi and Michael Igoumenidis and Nikos Stefanopoulos and Paraskevi Charitou and Evridiki Papastavrou and Riitta Suhonen and Stefania Chiappinotto, Perspectives of nurses and patient representatives on the morally competent nurse: An international focus group study, International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 8, 2025, p100296 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
McCabe, C. Connolly, L., Quintana, Y., Weir, A., Moen, A., Ingvar, M., Nauelaerts, K., McCann., M., Doyle, C., Hughes., M., Brenner, M., How to Refine and Prioritize Key Performance Indicators for Digital Health Interventions: Tutorial on Using Consensus Methodology to Enable Meaningful Evaluation of Novel Digital Health Interventions, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2025, Journal Article, ACCEPTED  DOI  URL
Karen Mc Tague, Valerie Smith, Paulo Melo, Marian Traynor, Jessica Eustace-Cook, Catherine Mc Cabe, Simulation-based education for nurse and midwife advanced practitioners: a scoping review, Journal of Healthcare Simulation, 2025, p1 - 18, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Glynn L, Moloney E, Lane S, McNally E, Buckley C, McCann M, McCabe C., A Smartphone App Self-Management Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial of Clinical Outcomes., JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 13, 2025, pe56318 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McCabe C, Connolly L, Hughes M, Doyle C, Weir A, McCann M, Brenner M, Impact of Digital Health Interventions on Medication Adherence: A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis, Digital Health, 2025, Journal Article, IN_PRESS
Chiappinotto S, Galazzi A, Papastavrou E, Igoumenidis M, Cabe CM, Gastmans C, Wiisak J, Stolt M, Suhonen R, Palese A., Blueprint of ethics content in undergraduate education: A workshop-research study., Nursing ethics, 2025, p9697330251313784 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Harris E, Hayden M, Rea J, White P, McCann M, Connolly L, McCabe, C., An investigation of nursing practices and processes and patient experiences in relation to virtual outpatient clinics in an acute care hospital" considerations for Nurse Managers, Frontiers in Nursing, 2025, Journal Article, IN_PRESS
Lunde L, Maurud S, Bones E, Connolly L, McCabe C, Moen A, Support for patient self-management and digital health literacy with more relevant health information, Nursing Informatics 24, University of Manchester, 28 -31st July 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
" Igoumenidis M, Stefanopoulos N, Palese A, Chiappinotto S, Gastmans C, McCabe C, Suhonen Riitta, Papastavrou E, Promoting a Morally Competent Nurse (PROMOCON): An innovative continuing education approach, 27th International Nursing Philosophy Conference, University of Ioannina, Greece, September 11-13, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Glynn L, McCann M, McCabe C, Smartphone applications supporting self-management programme for adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Scoping Review, PLOS Digital Health, 3, (6), 2024, pe0000532 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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McCabe C, Daly L, Fahy McCarthy E, O'Shea H, Ethical and Legal Decision Making with a Person with Advanced Dementia, Conference: Palliative Care Needs of People with Dementia: Building Capacity, Mullingar Park Hotel, 3rd November, 2015, Irish Hospice Foundation, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Daly, L., & McCabe C., Scoping Review to Inform the Development of an Inter-disciplinary Masters in Gerontology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin., March, 2013, Report, PUBLISHED
McCabe C, Dinsmore J, Brady AM, McKee G, O'Donnell, S, COPD - Behavioural Change, Self Management & Peer Perspective: Project Report, School of Nursing & Midiwfery, May, 2012, Report, PUBLISHED
Brady, A-M & Mc Cabe, C., Human factors in Nursing Education , Human Factors in Healthcare, Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 24th November, 2011, State Claims Agency, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
McCabe C, Roche D, Hegarty F, McCann S, The 'Open Window' Project - A Novel Art Intervention in the Treatment of Patients Undergoing Stem Cell Transplantation. , EBMT (UK) NAP Nursing Conference, Nottingham, 28th June , 2006, EBMT (UK) NAP, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
McCabe C., Roche D., Hegarty F., McCann S., Art in Health Care: Essential or Just Nice to Look At!, Creative Methods Symposium,, Ickworth Hotel, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 7th December, 2006, Homerton School of Health Studies (HSHS), Angela Ruskin University, Cambridge., Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
McCabe C, Roche D, Hegarty F, McCann S., 'Open Window' Project - a novel intervention in the treatment of haematological malignancies, Irish Haematology Nurses Association, Newsletter, (June), 2005, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McCabe, C., Diagnosis and treatment of Meningitis in Children, World of Irish Nursing, 7, (8), 1999, p20 - 21, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
McCabe, C., Meningitis in Children, Irish Emergency Nurses Association Conference, St. Mary's Hospital, Phoenix Park, Dublin, 10th October, 1998, 1998, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
McCabe, C., Child abuse: What's the problem? What's the solution, St Paul Ireland, 1997, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Fellowship of EANS 2022
Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin May 2025
My key research interests relate to 2 areas: The first is collaborative research with health services providers related to aspects of critical/emergency nursing practice and continuing clinically nurse education. The second is digital technology in health and education which has been the focus of my grant applications and collaborations for many years. Digital health, specifically e product information for medicine is the focus of the current IHI H2020 Gravitate Health project that I lead tasks on KPI development and evaluation. I lead projects and collaborate with health service providers on projects related to digital health initiatives such as nurse led virtual clinics for diabetes management. Digital health research related to education, clinical practice and innovation are the key direction of my research. I am currently working on an interdisciplinary grant applications evaluating the impact of a digital health intervention on staff health and well-being respectively.