Finnish pilot study of empowering patient education from the point of view of orthopaedic patients and their significant others (Concurrent)

2009 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Johansson Kirsi ◽  
Lehtikunnas Tuij ◽  
Leino-Kilpi Helena
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Significant Others ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Orthopaedic Patients

scholarly journals THU0642-HPR EVOLUTION OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF RA PATIENTS AFTER EDUCATION PATIENT SESSION TEACHING METHOTREXATE SELF-INJECTION A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 566.1-566
Author(s):  
S. Afilal ◽  
H. Rkain ◽  
B. Berchane ◽  
J. Moulay Berkchi ◽  
S. Fellous ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Median Duration ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Education Session ◽  
Prospective Pilot Study ◽  
Mean Delay ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Before And After

Background:Methotrexate is a gold standard for treatment of RA. In our context, RA patients prefer to be injected by paramedics rather than self-injecting. This can be explained by patients’ bad perceptions of self-injection or lack of information. Appropriate self-injection education can therefore be an important element in overcoming these obstacles and improving disease self-management.Objectives:Compare the RA patients’ perceptions on methotrexate self-injection before and after a patient education session.Methods:Prospective pilot study that included 27 consecutive patients (81.5% female, mean age 44.4 years, illiteracy rate 40.7%) with RA (median duration of progression of 4 years, mean delay in referral for specialist of 6 months, median duration of methotrexate use of 1 year). The patients benefited from an individual patient education session to learn how to self-inject with methotrexate subcutaneously. The patient education session was supervised by a nurse and a rheumatologist with a control a week later. Perceptions of the reluctance to self-inject and the difficulties encountered by patients were assessed before the patient education session, after the 1st and 2nd self-injection of methotrexate using a 10 mm visual analog scale. Patients also reported their level of satisfaction (10 mm VAS) after the 1st and 2nd self-injection.Results:The mean duration of patient education session is 13 min.Table I compares the evolution of the degrees of reluctance to self-injection, the difficulties encountered, and the satisfaction experienced by the patients.Table 1.Evolution of RA patients’ perceptions on the methotrexate self-injection. (N = 27)BeforeAfter the 1stself-injectionAfter the 2end self-injectionpVAS reluctance (0-10mm)6,5 ± 3,62,2 ± 2,91,0 ± 2,3<0,0001VAS difficulty (0-10mm)7,5 ± 2,62,5 ± 2,71,0 ± 1,9<0,0001VAS satisfaction (0-10mm)-8,9 ± 1,89,5 ± 1,50,002Conclusion:This study suggests the effectiveness of a methotrexate self-injection patient education session in RA patients. It also highlights the value of patient education in rheumatologic care. A large-scale study is necessary to better interpret and complete these preliminary results from this pilot study.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

National Standards for Diabetes Patient Education Programs: Pilot Study Results and Implementation Plan

1986 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Berlin ◽  
Dorothea Sims ◽  
James Belloni ◽  
Jerry Brimberry ◽  
Donnell Etzwiler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Diabetes Patient ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Implementation Plan ◽  
Study Results

Improvement in Surgical Consent with a Preoperative Multimedia Patient Education Tool: A Pilot Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 619-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben M. Beamond ◽  
Andrew D. Beischer ◽  
James W. Brodsky ◽  
Hamish Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Education Tool

Written orthopedic patient education materials from the point of view of empowerment by education

2004 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsi Johansson ◽  
Sanna Salanterä ◽  
Jouko Katajisto ◽  
Helena Leino-Kilpi
Keyword(s):  
Patient Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Orthopedic Patient

A Preliminary Evaluation of the iPad as a Tool for Learning and Teaching

2013 ◽  
pp. 154-168
Author(s):  
Sue Gregory ◽  
Tony Brown ◽  
Mitchell Parkes
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Large Distance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Laptop Computers ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
The Third ◽  
Education Study

In May 2010, the release of the iPad in Australia brought a whole new dimension to learning. This chapter presents the preliminary findings of a pilot study conducted at a large distance education university designed to explore the use of the iPad as a tool for learning from three perspectives. The first is the use of the iPad from a lecturer’s point of view, outlining how it can be used to enhance the task of teaching in distance education. The second is from a student’s point of view, exploring how the iPad can assist in distance education study. The third examines the iPad from an insider perspective, reviewing the variety of apps available including those for social networking. The overall impression is that the iPad has great potential as a tool for learning but it will not necessarily reduce the need for desktop or laptop computers.

scholarly journals Image editing-based data augmentation for illumination-insensitive background subtraction

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Sakkos ◽  
Edmond S. L. Ho ◽  
Hubert P. H. Shum ◽  
Garry Elvin
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Background Subtraction ◽  
Data Augmentation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Illumination Changes ◽  
Image Appearance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Limited Training Samples

PurposeA core challenge in background subtraction (BGS) is handling videos with sudden illumination changes in consecutive frames. In our pilot study published in, Sakkos:SKIMA 2019, we tackle the problem from a data point-of-view using data augmentation. Our method performs data augmentation that not only creates endless data on the fly but also features semantic transformations of illumination which enhance the generalisation of the model.Design/methodology/approachIn our pilot study published in SKIMA 2019, the proposed framework successfully simulates flashes and shadows by applying the Euclidean distance transform over a binary mask generated randomly. In this paper, we further enhance the data augmentation framework by proposing new variations in image appearance both locally and globally.FindingsExperimental results demonstrate the contribution of the synthetics in the ability of the models to perform BGS even when significant illumination changes take place.Originality/valueSuch data augmentation allows us to effectively train an illumination-invariant deep learning model for BGS. We further propose a post-processing method that removes noise from the output binary map of segmentation, resulting in a cleaner, more accurate segmentation map that can generalise to multiple scenes of different conditions. We show that it is possible to train deep learning models even with very limited training samples. The source code of the project is made publicly available at https://github.com/dksakkos/illumination_augmentation

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