EFFICACY OF DVD TECHNOLOGY IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE : SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION OF RURAL PATIENTS

ISBN-13: 9783639169102 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 252 str.

Michael Stellefson

Opis

COPD patients have reported dissatisfaction with the self-management education they are provided. This mixed methods pilot study assessed the self-management learning needs of COPD patients treated at a Certified Federal Rural Health Clinic through conducting focus group interviews to inform the development a targeted self-management education DVD. The effectiveness of 3 distinct educational treatments (DVD vs. Pamphlet vs. DVD + Pamphlet) was evaluated by comparing outcomes related to informational needs, self-management self-efficacy, and generic/lung-specific HRQoL in a randomly-assigned, multiple-group pretest-posttest design with a control group. Participants receiving a DVD reported statistically significantly higher levels of lung-specific physical functioning as compared to those in the Pamphlet group. Additionally, the DVD group revealed clinically significant improvements on the physical (+19.01) and emotional (+10.74) functioning dimensions of lung-specific HRQoL; whereas, no such improvement occurred within the Pamphlet and control groups.

O autorze

Name: Michael Leland Stellefson,

Address: Coastal Carolina University; PO Box 261954; Conway, SC
29528; USA,

Email Address: mstel45@aol.com.

Education: B.S., Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 2004;
M.S., Health Education, Texas A&M University, 2005; Ph.D.,
Health Education, Texas A&M University, 2008.