Rural Chronically Ill Women: Online Support Network

农村慢性病妇女：在线支持网络

• 批准号: 6620565
• 负责人: CLARANN L WEINERT
• 金额: $ 28.58万
• 依托单位: MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY - BOZEMAN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-03-01 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6620565
• 关键词: Internet; behavior therapy; behavioral /social science research tag; chronic disease /disorder; computer assisted instruction; computer human interaction; coping; female; health education; human subject; information retrieval; interactive multimedia; interview; online computer; psychological adaptation; questionnaires; rural area; self help organization; social psychology; social status; social support network; socioenvironment; telemedicine; women's health

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) " Rural Chronically Ill Women: Online Support Network" is an innovative multidisciplinary telecommunication intervention project that provides a research-based model for conducting computer support groups and educational guidance via the computer and World Wide Web. The overall goal of this longitudinal telehealth intervention is to enhance the potential for rural chronically ill women to adapt better to their chronic illness. The computer-based intervention will assist rural women to experience the benefits of an on-line self-help support group, teach them the computer literacy skills necessary to find and discriminately evaluate health information available on the WWW, and provide health-related learning experiences. Engaging in this computer-based intervention (support and education) will enhance the women's potential to successfully adapt to their long-term illness. Indicators of the potential for adaptation include psychosocial status (social support, self-efficacy, self-esteem, empowerment, stress, depression, and loneliness), computer literacy skills, and health knowledge. The study will employ a three-cohort design: a mediated intervention group (www access, expert-guided health teaching modules, module discussion, self-help support), an independent intervention group (WWW access, self-guided health teaching modules) and a non-intervention group. The specific aims are to: (a) assess the differences in psychosocial status among the mediated intervention group, the independent intervention group, and the non-intervention group; (b) assess the differences in computer literacy skills and health knowledge among the mediated intervention group, the independent intervention group, and the non-intervention group; (c) analyze the computer exchanges for insights to explicate the complex process of adapting to chronic illness within the rural context. It is hypothesized that the mediated intervention group will have more positive scores on the psychosocial status, computer literacy skills, and health knowledge measures than either of the other two groups. This computer-based intervention model has the potential to advance practice in the care of people with more than one chronic illness or to populations with multiple co-morbidities in urban and rural areas and can be adapted to any number of different kinds of groups, e.g., care providers, low-income populations.

描述：（由申请人提供）“农村慢性病妇女：在线 支持网络”是一个创新的多学科电信 干预项目提供了一个基于研究的模型来进行 计算机支持小组以及通过计算机和世界进行的教育指导 万维网。这种纵向远程医疗干预的总体目标是 增强农村慢性病妇女更好地适应她们的生活的潜力 慢性病。基于计算机的干预措施将帮助农村妇女 体验在线自助支持小组的好处，教他们 发现和有区别地评估健康状况所需的计算机素养技能 WWW 上提供信息，并提供与健康相关的学习 经验。参与这种基于计算机的干预（支持和 教育）将增强妇女成功适应其环境的潜力 长期患病。适应潜力的指标包括 社会心理状态（社会支持、自我效能、自尊、赋权、 压力、抑郁和孤独）、计算机知识技能和健康 知识。该研究将采用三队列设计：介导干预 小组（www访问、专家指导的健康教学模块、模块讨论、 自助支持），一个独立的干预小组（WWW访问，自助 健康教学模块）和非干预组。具体目标是 目的： (a) 评估中介者之间心理社会状态的差异 干预组、独立干预组、 非干预组； (b) 评估计算机知识技能的差异 介导干预组、独立组的健康知识 干预组、非干预组； (c) 分析计算机 交流见解，以解释适应慢性病的复杂过程 农村地区的疾病。据推测，中介 干预组在心理社会状态上会有更积极的得分， 计算机素养技能和健康知识衡量标准高于其中任何一个 另外两组。这种基于计算机的干预模型有潜力 推进对患有多种慢性疾病的人的护理实践，或 城乡地区患有多种合并症的人群 适应任何数量的不同类型的群体，例如护理提供者， 低收入人群。