SELF MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS

描述：拟议的项目将开发和制作三种教育工具--录像带、患者组织者和网络内容模块，以教育癌症患者及其家人关于癌症自我管理的当前技术和趋势。拟议项目利用第一阶段的累积研究以及重点小组的评论和建议作为内容指南。在接近完成的状态下，我们的顾问委员会将审查这些材料，以确保事实的准确性和对癌症自我管理研究当前趋势的关注。然后，将通过焦点小组对这三种产品进行测试，以确保媒体材料的简介、结构和内容是有效的沟通工具。第二阶段的最后研究将是对完成的材料进行定量测试，以确定录像带、患者组织者和网络内容模块在多大程度上改善了癌症患者及其照顾者在自我管理方面的理解和行为结果。该系列将满足关键的社会和医疗需求，以及提供商业上可行的产品。

DESCRIPTION: The proposed project will develop and produce three educational tools - a videotape, a patient organizer, and a web content module to educate cancer patients and their families on current techniques and trends in cancer self-management. The proposed project utilizes cumulative research from Phase I, and the comments and suggestions of the focus groups as a guide to content. In a near-finished state, these materials will be reviewed by our Board of Advisors to ensure factual accuracy and attentiveness to current trends in cancer self-management research. The three products will then be tested through focus groups to ensure that the profiles, structure, and content of the media materials are effective communication tools. The final research in Phase II will be the quantitative testing of the finished materials to determine to what extent the videotape, patient organizer, and web content module have improved the understanding and behavioral outcomes of cancer patients and their caregivers with respect to self-management. This series will meet critical social and medical needs, as well as offering commercially viable products.