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Abstract

Grant Number:	1R43CA103263-01
PI Name:	BIRNEY, AMELIA J.
PI Email:	abirney@healthmarkmultimedia.com
PI Title:
Project Title:	Pancreatic Cancer: Your Decision Notebook copyrighted

Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers in the U.S. Only 5% of patients survive five years and nearly 80% die within a year. Patients and family members are faced immediately with difficult decisions related to treatment, clinical trials and palliative care. This Phase I SBIR will result in a prototype CD-ROM with information and interactive tools to help pancreatic cancer patients and their families make informed decisions about treatment, clinical trials and palliative care. In Phase 1, formative evaluation and usability testing will inform the content and design of the CD-ROM. The prototype will include information and interactive tools in a graphic interface that indicates the full scope of content. Formative evaluation, usability testing and a one-group pre/post prototype test will assess the feasibility of using this product to change cancer patients' and family members' knowledge and self-efficacy about making and implementing informed decisions about their care. In Phase II, we will produce the remainder of the information and tools and test the CD-ROM in a field test to determine its effectiveness in changing decision behavior, patient quality of life and family caregiver well-being, with changes in knowledge and self-efficacy as intermediate variables.

Thesaurus Terms:
DVD /CD ROM, computer assisted instruction, computer system design /evaluation, pancreas neoplasm, terminal patient care
computer system hardware, decision making, educational resource design /development, neoplasm /cancer palliative treatment
clinical research, human subject, interview

Institution:	HEALTHMARK MULTIMEDIA, LLC
	1201 CONNECTICUT AVE NW, #250
	WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Fiscal Year:	2003
Department:
Project Start:	01-SEP-2003
Project End:	31-AUG-2004
ICD:	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
IRG:	ZRG1

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