LEVELS OF LEARNING ABOUT CANCER BY PEDIATRIC PATIENTS

描述：这个SBIR提案将为5-16岁的儿童癌症患者生成一个交互式多媒体CD-ROM程序。使用多媒体可以扩展儿童对癌症、治疗方案和临床试验的知识，因为复杂问题的视觉呈现是根据每个儿童的年龄、性别、认知发展水平、母语和阅读水平、经验、成熟度以及身体和情绪状况量身定制的。该程序将易于使用，高度互动和有趣。关于癌症的一般屏幕展示，以及儿童诊断和治疗的具体信息，将通过视频、动画、声音和音乐得到加强。学习活动将通过游戏和谜题来加强，这些游戏和谜题的难度各不相同，呈现方式取决于孩子的理解水平。第一阶段将为儿科肿瘤患者建立多媒体方案的可行性、设计和市场化。该计划在第二阶段完成，将测试可接受性和有效性（学习，情绪状态和不良事件，治疗依从性），相对于小册子和非交互式视频。除了儿科肿瘤患者外，该方案还应向父母、兄弟姐妹、朋友提供信息，并对儿童医院、制药行业和癌症儿童教师具有广泛的吸引力。

DESCRIPTION: This SBIR proposal will generate an interactive multimedia CD-ROM program for pediatric cancer patients ages 5-16 years. Use of multimedia can expand children's knowledge about cancer, treatment protocols, and clinical trials, because the visual presentation of complex issues is tailored to each child's age, gender, cognitive developmental level, native language and reading level, experience, maturity, and physical and emotional condition. The program will be easy to use, highly interactive and interesting. Screen presentations on cancer in general, as well as information specific to the child's diagnosis and treatment, will be enhanced with video, animation, sound, and music. Learning activities will be bolstered by games and puzzles, varying in difficulty, with presentation dictated by the child's level of understanding. Phase I will establish the feasibility, design, and marketability of the proposed multimedia program for pediatric oncology patients. The program, completed in Phase II, will be tested for acceptability and effectiveness (learning, emotional status and adverse events, and treatment adherence), relative to brochures and noninteractive video. In addition to the pediatric oncology patients, the program should be informative to parents, siblings, friends and have wide appeal to children's hospitals, to the pharmaceutical industry and to teachers of children with cancer.