Completing a Life: comfort level and ease of use of a CD-ROM among seriously ill patients.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To evaluate use of a CD-ROM titled Completing a Life among patients diagnosed with serious illnesses for comfort level with content and ease of computer use. DESIGN: A prospective pilot study collected a convenience sample of 50 people diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses durin...
| Published in: | Oncology Nursing Forum Vol. 33; no. 5; pp. 999 - 1007 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oncology Nursing Society
Sep2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106354829&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106354829 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0190535X 4F0 jtl: Oncology Nursing Forum issn: 0190535X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2006 vid: 33 iid: 5 pid: 12496 pub: Oncology Nursing Society place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 106354829 106354829 2009281143 10.1188/06.ONF.999-1006 NLM16955127 106354829 ppf: 999 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Completing a Life: comfort level and ease of use of a CD-ROM among seriously ill patients. aug: au: Lambing A Markey CA Neslund-Dudas CM Bricker LJ affil: Nurse Practitioner Coordinator, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Center, Josepine Ford Cancer Center, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI; alambin1@hfhs.org sug: subj: Attitude to Computers Evaluation CD ROM Utilization Comfort Computers and Computerization Utilization Patient Attitudes Evaluation Terminal Care Education Adult Aged Aged, 80 and Over Cancer Patients Education Convenience Sample Descriptive Statistics Information Resources Middle Age Pilot Studies Prospective Studies Questionnaires World Wide Web Human Adult: 19-44 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To evaluate use of a CD-ROM titled Completing a Life among patients diagnosed with serious illnesses for comfort level with content and ease of computer use. DESIGN: A prospective pilot study collected a convenience sample of 50 people diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses during a six-month period. SETTING: The hematology/oncology department of a large healthcare system located in a metropolitan area in the midwestern United States. SAMPLE: Convenience sample of 50 patients diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses. Of the patients enrolled (age range = 38-93 years), 72% were female, 68% were Caucasian, 50% were diagnosed with breast cancer or nonsolid tumors, and 40% were newly diagnosed. METHODS: Subjects viewed the CD-ROM and completed pre- and post-intervention surveys. MAIN RESEARCH VARIABLES: Comfort level with educational media, comfort level of information viewed, and areas of CD-ROM viewed compared to age and stage of illness. FINDINGS: Ninety percent of patients reported that they were somewhat or very comfortable with the CD-ROM as a learning tool, and ease of use was rated at 98%. Patients' comfort level with the material increased from 76% to 90% after they viewed the CD-ROM. CONCLUSIONS: The pilot study suggests that the Completing a Life CD-ROM can be used with patients facing serious or life-limiting illnesses as an additional resource tool for information. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: Nurses typically provide the bulk of educational material for their patients. With limited resources available regarding management of life-limiting illnesses, this resource may provide an excellent addition to resources currently available. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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