Developing and Implementing an Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Sleep Study Patient Education Video in a Sleep Medicine Clinic

摘要

Patient education is the catalyst to raise patient competence in self-care and health management and may be the most important action performed by healthcare providers as they seek to empower patients towards better health outcomes (Bastable, 2016). The purpose of this project was to offer providers in a midwestern urban clinic specializing in Sleep Medicine a more effective means of disseminating education to patients potentially diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in a timely, efficient, and effective manner. Objectives of this project included the following: demonstrate technological caring through development of an evidence-based audiovisual patient education modality on OSA in congruence with the organization's Learning Services and evidence-based practice; provide the Sleep Medicine providers an evidence-based audiovisual patient education modality on OSA in an online format linked within the organization's established patient-provider communication system; elicit consistent Sleep Medicine provider utilization of the OSA patient education video on OSA; and provide educational caring to Sleep Medicine patients through the implementation of the OSA patient education video in Sleep Medicine provider practice. The project was conducted in close collaboration with the clinic providers and Learning Services with development of an evidence-based OSA patient education video to implement in practice. The video was accessible for patient review at home utilizing an online patient-provider communication program. The project assessed provider utilization of the OSA educational video. The provider distribution of computer keyboard surveys was 24%. However, of the computer keyboard surveys collected, Sleep Medicine providers offered the video to 74% of new consults. Of the patients who were offered the video, 90% were receptive to viewing the video. The Sleep Medicine providers also offered qualitative and quantitative feedback on video content, offering suggestions for video change and insight for practice use. The findings pointed to a need to further hone the video content and delivery method. Furthermore, the findings suggested providers were likely to utilize the patient education video and patients were receptive to the patient education video. Utilizing the findings of the project, patient use of education videos could be a future study in this practice site.