BREAST SELF EXAMINATION FOR DISABLED WOMEN

残疾女性乳房自检

• 批准号: 2796298
• 负责人: MARK K GOLDSTEIN
• 金额: $ 27.9万
• 依托单位: MAMMATECH CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 2001-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2796298
• 关键词: adult human (21+); audiotape; blindness; breast self examination; clinical research; deafness; diagnosis design /evaluation; disease /disorder model; female; human subject; mammary gland; person with disability; sign language; touch; training aid; videotape /videodisc; vision disorders; women's health

Research studies have repeatedly confirmed that MammaCare@ is an effective method of learning to perform a competent manual breast examination. The MammaCare Learning System advances tactile skills by training a woman to detect small simulated lesions in a lifelike breast model and transferring that skill to her breast tissue. Approximately 10 million blind and visually impaired women and deaf and hard-of-hearing women cannot access the requested visual or auditory training components of MammaCare. During the Phase I grant, a series of adaptive prototype systems were constructed and tested experimentally. The results indicate that the prototypes significantly improve breast-examination proficiency in the experimental groups of blind and visually impaired women and deaf and hard-of-hearing women. The Phase II proposal investigates the use of the adaptive prototypes by 1,000 women at home, 500 of whom are blind or visually impaired and 500 who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. The results will establish whether the experimental adaptive versions are sufficient to allow women with sensory impairments to successfully conduct breast self-examinations at home. If affirmed, the benefits of this potentially life-saving technology will become available to a substantial population of underserved women. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: The proposed adaptive products for breast self-examination (BSE) have a large potential audience. There are approximately 10 million blind or deaf women in the United States who may be able to use the applicant's system as a result of this SBIR/PhaseII investigation

研究一再证实，MammaCare是一种 学习的有效方法来执行一个称职的手动乳房 考试 MammaCare学习系统提高触觉技能 通过训练一个女人在一个逼真的 乳房建模并将这种技能转移到她的乳房组织上。 约有1 000万盲人和视力受损的妇女以及聋人 重听妇女无法获得所要求的视觉或 MammaCare的听觉训练组件。 在第一阶段赠款期间， 构建了一系列自适应原型系统并进行了测试 实验性的 结果表明，原型显着 提高实验组的乳房检查熟练程度， 盲人和视力受损妇女以及聋人和听力障碍者 妇女 第二阶段的建议调查使用自适应 1,000名妇女在家制作的原型，其中500人是盲人或视力正常的人， 500名残疾人和500名失聪或听力困难的人。 结果将 确定实验性自适应版本是否足以 让有感觉障碍的女性成功地进行乳房 在家进行自我检查。 如果得到证实，这一点的好处可能是 拯救生命的技术将为大量人口所用， 服务不足的女性 拟议商业应用：拟议适应性产品 乳房自我检查（BSE）有很大的潜在受众。那里 在美国大约有一千万失明或失聪的女性 谁可能能够使用申请人的系统，因为这一点， SBIR/第二阶段调查