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Document 2170
DOCN M94A2170
TI Patient adherence issues: an educational and support program for
research nurses.
DT 9412
AU Child C; Charlebois E; Cheeney M; Camp B; Mitchell T; Abrams DI; Univ.
of CA, Community Consortium.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):365 (abstract no. PD0066). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370405
AB OBJECTIVE: To implement an adherence teaching curriculum for HIV
research nurses and other frontline clinical research staff. Ten
educational objectives were developed and focused on providing
participants with: (1) valid and useful information about the effects of
patient non-adherence on clinical trials, (2) strategies to enable
patients to be more compliant, (3) practical skill in interpersonal
communications to facilitate research staff's adherence discussions with
study participants, and (4) to compare participant's baseline and
post-intervention levels of knowledge, skills and attitudes about
adherence counseling. METHODS: Eighteen individuals participated in a
3-hour educational in-service intervention designed by the researchers.
The research design for this study was a one group non-random
pre-test/post-test design. Changes in participants' baseline knowledge,
attitudes and behavior were assessed by use of a 37 question measurement
instrument developed by the use of a modified Delphi panel process.
RESULTS: Comparison of pre-test and post-test scores showed significant
(p < 0.005) gains in knowledge for all participants. Seventy-two percent
of the clinicians evaluated (n = 13) met the overall educational
objective of the in-service by achieving a mean post-test score of at
least 80 percent. Nine (90%) of the ten educational objectives were met
by the group achieving a mean score at least an 80% correct for the
various sets of questions under each area of knowledge covered.
CONCLUSIONS: Exposure to the educational intervention of this study
significantly influenced the short-term knowledge, skill and attitudes
of research clinicians related to their adherence counseling of HIV
positive research participants. Further longitudinal research using a
randomized controlled design with a larger study population is necessary
to test the long-term usefulness of this educational intervention in a
more diverse population.
DE *Clinical Trials Human *HIV Infections Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
*Nursing Research *Patient Compliance *Patient Education MEETING
ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).