MULTI MEDIA DISSEMINATION OF EDUCIZE FOR ARTHRITIS

描述：(改编自调查人员摘要)研究 西北大学多功能关节炎中心成立 一项名为EDUCIZE的创新患者教育计划的有效性。这个 该计划让关节炎患者参加16-24个小时的会议， 将基于舞蹈的低冲击有氧运动与解决问题相结合 讨论。先前的研究表明，EDUCIZE对 大多数人的生理、心理和生活质量参数 参与其中。到目前为止，还没有开发出培训盟军卫生人员的方法 专业人士进行EDUCIZE。这个第一阶段的项目将决定 使用多媒体传输系统进行培训的可行性 程序。长期目标是发展一个全面的开发区 培训工具包，将使感兴趣的健康成为可能 专业人士为关节炎患者提供该计划。具体的 第一阶段的目标是：(1)开发视频、音频和印刷媒体以进行培训 卫生专业人员主持两次具有代表性的EDUCIZE会议；(2) 确定培训材料是否使卫生专业人员能够 掌握进行这两项工作所需的基本知识和技能 代表会议；和(3)评估培训的可接受性 将材料提供给卫生专业人员。另一个与此相关的目的是 项目是访问EDUCIZE会议的范围，由 受过材料培训的卫生专业人员被认为是激励性的 并由参与的关节炎患者进行教育。

DESCRIPTION: (adapted from investigator's abstract) Research at Northwestern University Multipurpose Arthritis Center has established the efficacy of an innovative patient education program called EDUCIZE. The program involves people with arthritis in 16-24 two hour sessions which combine dance-based low impact aerobic exercise with a problem-solving discussion. Previous research indicated that EDUCIZE positively affected physical, psychological and quality of life parameters in most people who participated. To date no means have been developed to train allied health professionals to conduct EDUCIZE. This Phase I project will determine the feasibility of using a multi-media delivery system to train for the program. The long-term objective is to develop a full-scale EDUCIZE training kit which will make it possible for interested health professionals to offer the program to people with arthritis. The specific aims of Phase I are to : (1) develop video, audio and print media to train health professionals to conduct two representative EDUCIZE sessions; (2) determine whether the training materials enable health professionals to acquire the basic knowledge and skills necessary to conduct the two representative sessions; and (3) assess the acceptability of the training materials to health professionals. An additional and related aim of this project is to access the extent to which the EDUCIZE sessions conducted by the materials-trained health professionals are perceived as motivational and educational by people with arthritis who participate.