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W Kubo

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PubMed1981

Distress reduction and the effects of preparatory teaching films and patient control.

Fifty patients undergoing nasogastric intubation for gastric analysis participated in an experiment comparing the distress-reducing effects of four different types of information about an unpleasant procedure. Filmstrips depicted the procedure only; the procedure with common distressful sensations; the procedure with coping behaviors; and the procedure with coping behaviors to relieve common distressful sensations. Patients were also tested on their preference for control. Distress was measured by self-ratings on a 10-item Nasogastric Intubation Checklist. Pain, discomfort, and anxiety pre-, during, and postmanipulation- intubation were measured on a visual scale. Willingness to repeat the procedure was measured on a four-point scale. The study showed that: (a) Procedure with sensory and coping behavior information was effective in decreasing discomfort, pain, and anxiety for control and no-control preference subjects during and after the procedure, but was most effective in reducing intubation distress for subjects preferring no control. (b) Sensory information led to greater willingness to repeat the procedure. (c) Perceived control had little effect on distress reduction.

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Collaborative nursing research: anatomy of a successful consortium.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the collaborative efforts of one successful research group. The Tube Feed Consortium Group was composed of seven investigators who lived in four different geographic locations. One of the members served as principal investigator and chairman of the group; the others as coinvestigators. A coinvestigator served as principal investigator in each location, managing subcontracted budgets and scientific concerns. This structure promoted efficiency in budget management, conflict management, and division of labor. Major advantages to this approach to the conduct of research included (a) a large number of subjects studied in a relatively short time period; (b) a data collection structure, which permitted wider generalization than data collected in one institution by one investigator; (c) a mechanism for direct replication and replication with expansion; (d) maximum usage and distribution of resources between investigators. Mechanisms established early in the history of the group helped to achieve maximum communication, resolve potential conflicts, ensure reliability of data, ensure publication and presentation rights of collaborators, and manage the overall budget and subcontracts. The group remained intact for eight years, completed all the proposed studies plus other related studies, presented numerous papers, and continues to publish findings of these endeavors.

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