INTERACTIVE GUIDE TO MANAGING CANCER PAIN

描述：疼痛是癌症诊断中最可怕的后遗症之一。据估计，目前正在接受实体肿瘤治疗的患者中有30%到50%，晚期疾病患者中有70%到90%经历疼痛。在第一阶段的SBIR中，Healthmark多媒体公司将为癌症疼痛患者及其护理家庭成员开发一个互动媒体教育和自我管理计划的原型。这种交互式支持系统将帮助患者和护理者与他们的医疗团队一起参与疼痛管理过程。第一阶段的研究活动将评估设计一种交互式产品的可行性，该产品将帮助癌症患者和他们的照顾者1)了解和交流患者的疼痛需求，2)参与疼痛的管理。在第一阶段，重点将是开发和测试光盘原型。形成性评估将有助于将患者护理人员的需求转化为多媒体格式。原型可行性测试将检查用户的接受度以及短期知识和自我效能的获得。通过为患者和护理人员提供信息和互动工具，以集中他们的学习、决策和规划，拟议的产品将满足患者教育的需求。

DESCRIPTION: Pain is one of the most dreaded sequelae of a cancer diagnosis. An estimated 30 to 50% of patients undergoing current treatment for a solid tumor and from 70 to 90% of patients with advance disease experience pain. In this Phase I SBIR, HealthMark Multimedia will develop a prototype interactive media education and self-management program for persons experiencing cancer pain and their caregiving family members. This interactive support system will assist the patient and caregiver in participating with their health care team in the pain management process. Phase I research activities will assess the feasibility of designing an interactive product that will help persons with cancer and their caregiver to 1) understand and communicate the patient's pain needs and 2) participate in the management of the pain. In Phase I, focus will be on development and testing of the prototype CD-ROM. A formative evaluation will help sharpen the translation of patient caregiver needs to multimedia format. The prototype feasibility test will examine user acceptance and short term knowledge and self-efficacy gain. By providing patients and caregivers with information and interactive tools to focus their learning, decision making and planning, the proposed product will fill a need in patient education.