Comparison of Two Teaching Strategies: Adherence to a Home Monitoring Program

Two strategies for teaching lung and heart-lung transplant subjects to use an electronic sptrometer/diary instrument at home to input and transmit daily respiratory, vital sign, and symptom measurements were compared. The first strategy integrated teaching into subjects' postoperative clinic vi...

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Published in:Clinical nursing research 1996-05, Vol.5 (2), p.150-166
Main Authors: Goldstein, Nancy L., Snyder, Mariah, Edin, Cheryl, Lindgren, Bruce, Finkelstein, Stanley M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Care and treatment
Educational Measurement
Evaluation
Female
Heart-Lung Transplantation - nursing
Home Care Services
Humans
Lung Transplantation - nursing
Lungs
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic
Nursing
Nursing Evaluation Research
Organ transplant recipients
Patient education
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patient monitoring
Patients
Self Care
Self-care, Health
Selfcare
Strategies
Study and teaching
Teaching
Transplants
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Summary:Two strategies for teaching lung and heart-lung transplant subjects to use an electronic sptrometer/diary instrument at home to input and transmit daily respiratory, vital sign, and symptom measurements were compared. The first strategy integrated teaching into subjects' postoperative clinic visits, whereas the second strategy involved referral to a Patient Learning Center (PLC) for instruction Adherence was increased by 30% when the teaching was transferred from the clinic setting to the PLC. These findings suggest that the PLC is an effective resource for preparing patients to manage their care after discharge from a hospital or clinic.
ISSN:1054-7738
1552-3799
DOI:10.1177/105477389600500204