Are you interested in participating in a study that examines the benefit of providing internet resources to patients with ICDs?

 

Purpose: To determine whether or not internet coping and quality of life enhancement materials for ICD patients are helpful.

• The study aims to provide web-based programs that are tailored to the ICD-patients experience.
• Patient-Assisted Computerized Education for Recipients of ICDs (PACER) for people who are coping well, but would like to learn more about their ICD and ways to live confidently.

    OR

•  the ICD Trauma Intervention Protocol Study (ICD-TIPS) for people who identify some distress or trauma related to the ICD experience.

What would I do if interested? Help us find out if these are helpful by taking 2 surveys and looking at a website, at your own home on your own time.

1.    Take a 20 – 45 minute survey on-line.

2.    Look through either the PACER or ICD-TIPS websites.

3.    Take a briefer version of the initial survey two months later.

Who should I contact? E-mail Jessica Ford, a doctoral student at East Carolina University, at icdtips@ecu.edu with your name, phone number, and e-mail address.

Our team will return your e-mail with an invitation to take the first survey.