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Filter by:The overall purpose of this project is to evaluate the effects of a family therapy intervention for grieving families with children. The main outcome variable is family communication.
The purpose of this project is to evaluate an interactive training program for military-connected caregivers (MCCs) of wounded warriors. The program leverages existing resources and incorporates evidence-based training and peer-based support networks to enhance continuity of care. The program consists of an educational Toolkit (workbook) and an avatar training interaction where an MCC can practice skills learned from the toolkit training with the avatar (how to navigate difficult conversations). This is an educational training evaluation to determine whether or not avatar interaction can effectively improve health outcomes in MCCs.
Music has a potential role in health care. In the geriatric population, music presents a non-pharmacological intervention which is easy to implement. Also, music has a potential role in order to improve patient's mobility. For example, it was also shown that the rhythmic component of music combined with physical exercise can improve gait variability which has been identified as a marker of gait instability and a fall predictor. This effect was previously shown in older community dwellers as a music-based intervention significantly improved gait and balance stability. Considering that music was shown to have a positive impact on communication, emotions and depressive symptoms this intervention has the potential to make our patients more conscious of their environment, leading to an improved mobility. Thus, the investigators hypothesize that patients who attend live music sessions (compared to controls) will demonstrate an improvement in their mobility measures. This effect could potentially be explained by the rhythmic effect of music and by the fact that live music sessions lead to an improved mood, communication, emotions, and an improved mobility. - The primary objective of this study will be to determine if participation to live music sessions will be associated with an improvement in mobility which will be measured using the Times Up and Go (TUG) and gait speed when compared to a control group. - The second objective of this study will be to determine if patients participating in live music sessions compared to a control group demonstrate an increase/improvement at the end of their music session in their mood (the Visual Analog Mood Scale (VAMS) will be used), in their positive emotions (the Observed Emotion Rating Scale (OERS) will be used) and communication behaviour (the CODEM (tool to assess communication behavior in dementia) instrument will be used). - The third objective of this study will be to perform a "feasibility study". By measuring the variation in the different scales which will be used (see the third objective), the investigators will be able to determine how many participants will be necessary for an eventual larger scale study. This will be a prospective open-label randomized control trial. The patients will be randomly assigned to a musical intervention or to a television intervention (control group). The patients will only attend one session in the context of this research project. Pre and post measures will be done.
The research team will investigate whether there is a relation between smartphone usage and psychological parameters using the smartphone application.
The current health literacy (HL) pilot intervention was designed through focus groups with women in low socio-economic status (SES) communities. The primary HL issue identified was communication challenges at doctors' visits. As a unique HL intervention tailored to the participants' preferences, this intervention can serve as a model for improving HL in similar communities worldwide. Objectives include increasing the percentage of women who utilize patient-doctor communication skills and increasing their cardiovascular disease (CVD) knowledge. A unique HL intervention tailored to the participants' preferences was designed which consisted of three workshops conducted in municipality-sponsored women's groups in low SES Jerusalem communities. Questionnaires were completed before and three months after the intervention. The study answers the following: Can HL workshops improve patient-doctor communication skills and CVD knowledge in low SES women?
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of the "Best Case/Worse Case" (BC/WC) communication tool on the quality of communication with older patients admitted to two trauma units. The intervention was developed and tested with acute care surgical patients at the University of Wisconsin (UW) and we are now testing whether the intervention will work in a different setting. We will test the intervention with severely injured older adults at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) and Parkland Memorial Hospital (PMH) at the University of Texas Southwestern (UTS). In the first year, UTS/PMH and OHSU will recruit and enroll 50 patients in the control arm (total, for both sites) and train trauma surgeons to use the best case/worst case tool. In the second year, UTS/PMH and OHSU will recruit and enroll 50 patients in the intervention arm (total, for both sites). UW will compare survey-reported and chart-derived measures before and after clinicians learn to use the best case/worst case tool.
To compare the effectiveness of 3 strategies to inform patients of their risks associated with misuse of opioid prescriptions after treatment in the ED from renal colic or musculoskeletal back pain. Randomization will be to 3 arms for the Randomized Practical Control Trial across 3 sites (A) standardized general risk information sheet only (B) standardized general risk information sheet plus a visual probabilistic risk tool (C) standardized sheet plus narrative enhanced probabilistic risk tool.
This study consists of two projects: Project 1: The study team will create and refine the CFI-EA by enrolling 3 clinicians and 9-12 patients to test the CFI-EA's feasibility and acceptability from patient and clinician feedback in a pre-pilot trial. The study team will first train clinicians in the CFI-EA by reading over the CFI-EA treatment manual and practicing how they can use it in behavioral simulations, and then check whether participants think they can do it (feasibility) and like it (acceptability) through standard measures. Following this the study team will revise the CFI-EA based on their feedback for the comparative open trial in Phase 2. Project 2: The study team will test the revised CFI-EA against treatment as usual in a pilot trial. 3 clinicians and 12-15 patients will be enrolled in each arm. As before, the study team will first train clinicians in the revised CFI-EA by reading over the CFI-EA treatment manual and practicing how they can use it in behavioral simulations. Then, the study team will check whether participants think they can do it (feasibility) and like it (acceptability) through standard measures, and in addition will also explore any initial effects on communication behaviors among patients and clinicians and treatment engagement based on treatment retention. The specific aims are: For Project 1: 1. To pretest the CFI-EA intervention in a mental health setting through a pre-pilot open trial that explores communication mechanisms of action in terms of communication behavior and cultural content, and 2. To revise the CFI-EA intervention based on patient and clinician feedback on its feasibility and acceptability. As real-world community stakeholders for whom the CFI-EA is being developed, patients and clinicians can provide helpful perspectives on how the CFI-EA can help clinicians tailor treatment plans around patient cultural views and treatment preferences to keep patients in care. The CFI-EA will be revised around areas of maximal agreement among patients and clinicians with the help of health disparities and communication experts. For Project 2: 1. To test the revised CFI-EA's feasibility and acceptability among patients and clinicians in a pilot open trial against treatment as usual, and 2. To explore the relationship between the revised CFI-EA's effects on patient-clinician communication and treatment engagement. The study team hypothesize that clinicians using the revised CFI-EA will show more positive communication behaviors compared to clinicians delivering treatment as usual and that CFI-EA patients will stay in treatment longer. Communication behaviors will be assessed through communication analysis techniques such as the Roter Interaction Analysis System.
Antibiotic overuse and misuse contributes to the development of antibiotic resistant infections and adverse drug reactions. The majority of all antibiotic prescribing occurs in outpatient settings; most of which are for respiratory illnesses. It is estimated that 50% of these prescriptions are unnecessary. The most important factor that leads to overprescribing is inadequate parent-provider communication. This study will recruit providers and eligible parents of children 1-5 years of age. Parents in both arms will receive identical brief antibiotic education via tablet computers. Providers will be randomized to the parent-provider education or communication skills intervention arm and trained accordingly. Parent data will be collected via a tablet computer RedCap survey administered in the exam room prior and immediately following the child's visit. Additional data will be garnered from the medical record (antibiotic prescribing) and a 2-week follow-up telephone call with parents (re-visits and adverse drug reactions).
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of proficiency based inter-professional communication training in an online environment on medical student's use of the ISBAR (Identify, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) communication escalation protocol in the deteriorating patient Setting: The study will be conducted in University College Cork, Ireland. Participants: Fifth year medical students, who are scheduled to undertake ISBAR training as part of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) programme. Intervention: Participants will be prospectively randomized to one of three groups for training before undertaking a performance assessment of an ISBAR communication relevant to a deteriorating patient in a low fidelity simulation environment: HSE group (the national e-learning programme only); S group (national e- learning plus access to online scenarios and facilitator when requested) and PBP group (national e-learning plus access to online scenarios training course with in-built proficiency-based progression, and facilitator when requested). Main outcome and measures: A proficiency benchmark on the performance of ISBAR communication in the context of an acutely deteriorating patient.