School of Nursing, University of New Mexico, NM, USA.
Psychooncology. 2012 Feb;21(2):219-23. doi: 10.1002/pon.1887. Epub 2010 Dec 22.
This project is aimed at determining the feasibility and effect of using videoconferencing to deliver cancer-related pain management education and case consultation to health care providers in rural AI/AN communities.
The project provided four educational sessions and nine case conferences to health care providers at tribal clinics in Washington State and Alaska using videoconferencing with pain experts at the University of Washington. A cross-sectional, descriptive study design was used to survey the participating providers. Measures included satisfaction with the telehealth system and self-perceived competence in pain management.
Fifty-two providers from 11 sites attended the educational sessions. Ninety-three providers from 16 sites participated in the case conferences. Case conference participants scored significantly higher on perceived competence in treating pain compared with clinic providers who did not attend. Educational session participants and case conference participants both reported a high level of satisfaction with videoconferencing.
Telehealth is a feasible and effective way to deliver cancer-related pain management education and increase competence among rural health care providers.
本项目旨在确定使用视频会议向农村 AI/AN 社区的医疗保健提供者提供癌症相关疼痛管理教育和病例咨询的可行性和效果。
该项目通过视频会议向华盛顿州和阿拉斯加州部落诊所的医疗保健提供者提供了四个教育课程和九个病例会议,与华盛顿大学的疼痛专家进行合作。采用横断面描述性研究设计对参与的提供者进行调查。测量包括对远程医疗系统的满意度和自我感知的疼痛管理能力。
来自 11 个地点的 52 名提供者参加了教育课程。来自 16 个地点的 93 名提供者参加了病例会议。与未参加的诊所提供者相比,病例会议参与者在治疗疼痛方面的感知能力得分显著更高。教育课程参与者和病例会议参与者都对视频会议表示高度满意。
远程医疗是向农村医疗保健提供者提供癌症相关疼痛管理教育和提高能力的一种可行且有效的方法。