scholarly journals Implementing a patient education intervention about Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusprevention and effect on knowledge and behavior in veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders: A pilot randomized controlled trial

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlesnika T. Evans ◽  
Jennifer N. Hill ◽  
Marylou Guihan ◽  
Amy Chin ◽  
Barry Goldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Spinal Cord Injuries ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

scholarly journals Patients’Perceptions of Having a Good Life One Year after Arthritis Patient Education: A Qualitative Study Nested within a Randomized Controlled Trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjersti Grønning ◽  
Ola Bratås ◽  
Aslak Steinsbekk
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Patient Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Treatment Regimes ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
One Year

Background: Patients with inflammatory polyarthritis have various degrees of disease-related challenges such as joint pain, stiffness, fatigue, and physical limitations. Despite these challenges, patients strive for a good life using their personal resources, often taught in patient education. The effect of patient education in polyarthritis is well studied; however, long-term studies on what patients perceive as a good life after participating in arthritis patient education are scarce.Purpose: The aim of this study was to explore patients’ perceptions of having a good life one year after attending a nurse-led patient education intervention.Methods: This was a qualitative study nested within a randomized controlled trial (RCT) studying the effect of nurse-led patient education. Fifteen individual semi-structured interviews were conducted among those who attended the nurse-led patient education intervention. The intervention focused on the consequences of living with chronic inflammatory arthritis. The interviews explored how and whether the intervention had made any changes in the informants perceived health, well-being, arthritis, flares, and treatment regimes. The data were analyzed thematically using systematic text condensation.Results: The findings showed that the informants’ perceptions of having a good life were related to a stable disease with few symptoms, effective treatment regimes, discovering new opportunities and perspectives in life, as well as making choices that felt right. Creating a good life was something the informants had acquired knowledge about in the nurse-led patient education intervention, particularly in the part where they had discussed and shared experiences with each other on how they managed their arthritis in different ways and settings.Conclusion: Participating in a nurse-led patient education intervention in arthritis helped the informants to discover new opportunities and perspectives on creating a good life, especially through exchanging experiences with fellow patients.

scholarly journals Feasibility, user experiences, and preliminary effect of Conversation Cards for Adolescents© on collaborative goal-setting and behavior change: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Kebbe ◽  
A. Farmer ◽  
M. P. Dyson ◽  
S. D. Scott ◽  
T. L. F. McHugh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Behavior Change ◽  
Real World ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Practice Setting ◽  
User Experiences ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract Background Adolescents and providers can benefit from practical tools targeting lifestyle modification for obesity prevention and management. We created Conversation Cards for Adolescents© (CCAs), a patient-centered communication and behavior change tool for adolescents and providers to use in clinical practice. The purpose of our study is to (i) assess the feasibility of CCAs in a real-world, practice setting to inform full-scale trial procedures, (ii) assess user experiences of CCAs, and (iii) determine the preliminary effect of CCAs on changing behavioral and affective-cognitive outcomes among adolescents. Methods Starting in early 2019, this prospective study is a nested mixed-methods, theory-driven, and pragmatic pilot randomized controlled trial with a goal to enroll 50 adolescents (13–17 years old) and 9 physicians practicing at the Northeast Community Health Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Adolescents will collaboratively set one S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely) goal with their physician to implement over a 3-week period; however, only those randomized to the experimental group will use CCAs to inform their goal. Outcome assessments at baseline and follow-up (3 weeks post-baseline) will include behavioral, affective-cognitive, and process-related outcomes. Discussion In examining the feasibility, user experiences, and preliminary effect of CCAs, our study will add contributions to the obesity literature on lifestyle modifications among adolescents in a real-world, practice setting as well as inform the scalability of our approach for a full-scale effectiveness randomized controlled trial on behavior change. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03821896.

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