Center for biobehavioral research in self-management of cardipulmonary disease

描述（由申请人提供）：心血管和肺部疾病是需要终生自我管理的重大慢性疾病；它们也是自我管理可能最难以维持的条件。然而，通过最佳自我管理获得的结果的改善表明，应优先关注心血管和肺部疾病的自我管理研究。在此申请中，我们建议在肯塔基大学护理学院（UKCON）建立一个探索性研究中心，即心肺疾病自我管理生物行为研究中心。该中心的目的是：1)发展UKCON的研究基础设施，以促进和支持关于心血管和肺部疾病自我管理的过程、干预和结果的研究；2)通过集中方法资源，提高生物行为学方法自我管理研究项目的质量和数量；3)通过支持跨学科交流和联系，扩大开展跨学科自我管理研究的护士调查员数量；4)通过推广和传播对自我管理过程、干预措施和结果的系统调查，为自我管理提供科学基础；5)通过在肯塔基大学内外建立积极和不断增长的伙伴关系，规划和发展跨学科自我管理研究项目的可持续性。该中心将由三个核心组成：行政核心、自我管理试点/可行性和生物行为结果核心，以及研究项目开发、数据分析和传播核心。此外，还包括三项试点研究，重点是测试自我管理干预措施。行政核心将协调中心活动，指导开发支持研究的新资源，并促进在心血管和肺部疾病管理和预防背景下的自我管理研究中的跨学科合作。自我管理试点/可行性和生物行为结果核心将为研究人员提供培训、指导和专业知识，旨在改善心血管和肺部疾病患者的自我管理，包括收集生物行为结果数据。研究项目开发、数据分析和传播核心将提供指导、基础设施和资源，以支持旨在改善心血管和肺部疾病患者自我管理的跨学科研究项目的发展和可持续性。拟议中的中心将为UKCON提供所需的支持，以维持一个卓越的中心，以促进专注于心血管和肺部疾病自我管理的研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases are the major chronic illnesses requiring life-long self- management; they also are the conditions in which self-management may be the most difficult to sustain. The improvements in outcomes to be gained by optimal self-management, however, suggest that a research focus on self-management of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases should be a priority. In this application, we propose to establish an exploratory research center, the Center for Biobehavioral Research on Self- Management of Cardiopulmonary Disease, at the University of Kentucky, College of Nursing (UKCON). The purpose of the Center is to: 1) develop the research infrastructure at the UKCON to promote and support research on processes, interventions, and outcomes of self-management of cardiovascular and ' pulmonary diseases; 2) expand the quality and quantity of self-management research projects using biobehavioral methods by centralizing methodological resources; 3) expand the number of nurse investigators doing interdisciplinary self-management research by supporting interdisciplinary exchange and linkages; 4) contribute to the scientific foundation for self-management by promotion and dissemination of systematic investigations of self-management processes, interventions, and outcomes; and 5) plan for and develop sustainability of interdisciplinary self-management research programs by building active and growing partnerships inside and outside of the University of Kentucky. The proposed Center will consist of three Cores: an Administrative Core, a Self-Management Pilot/Feasibility and Biobehavioral Outcomes Core, and a Research Program Development, Data Analysis and Dissemination Core. In addition three pilot studies are included that focus on testing self-management interventions. The Administrative Core will coordinate center activities, guide development of new resources supporting research, and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration in the study of self-management in the context of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease management and prevention. The Self-Management Pilot/Feasibility and Biobehavioral Outcomes Core will provide training, mentorship, and expertise to investigators conducting studies aimed at improving self-management among patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases that includes collection of biobehavioral outcomes data. The Research Program Development, Data Analysis and Dissemination Core that will provide mentorship, infrastructure, and resources to support development and sustainability of interdisciplinary programs of research directed at improving self-management of patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. The proposed Center will provide the UKCON with the support needed to sustain a center of excellence to promote research programs that focus on self-management of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease.