Research project

Title: Medication Education

Project timescale: From 01 January, 1997 to 01 December, 2000
(Added to website on: 31 July, 2007 - Date last updated: 31 July, 2007)

Source of funding:
None

Aims: To evaluate the usefulness of medication education for patients on an intensive care ward.

Research designs used:
Evaluation

Methods used to collect data:
Validated instruments eg Outcome measures

Research project description: Comparison design with groups matched for age, diagnosis, chronicity and local CMHT. Outcomes collected at baseline, post education and two weeks later.

Stages at which the public were involved:
Undertaking the research
Analysing the research
Writing about the research eg
publications, newsletters
Prioritising topic areas
Disseminating research
Planning the research
Implementing action
Managing the research
Designing the research instruments
(eg questionnaires, patient information sheets)

Description of public involvement in research stages: The consumers asked for this educational service. One service user was an equal member of the team, acknowledged by the ethics committee.

Training and support provided for either members of the public or researchers involved in the project:

Examples of ways the public have made a difference to the research project: Consumer involvement has changed the type of analysis, instruments for measuring outcomes and interpretation of the data.

Evaluating the impact of public involvement in the research:

Details of publications or reports resulting from the research: Results of the controlled trial ( currently in preparation). The service user will write about the research issues that have arisen from the collaboration. ( currently in preparation)

Was/is your project user controlled: Not Known

For further information on the project, please contact:
Professor Til Wykes
Project Leader
Institute of Psychiatry/SLAM NHS Trust
De Crespigny Park
London
SE5 8AF
t.wykes@iop.kcl.ac.uk
020 7848 0596

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