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Abstract #90148 Published in IGR 21-3
Increasing Engagement of African American Patients with Glaucoma during Medical Encounters: Creation of a Pre-visit Video
Sleath B; Davis SA; Carpenter DM; Robin AL; Muir KW; Lee C; Garcia N; Budenz DLOptometry and Vision Science 2020; 97: 503-508
SIGNIFICANCE: The developed video can be accessed by African American patients with glaucoma from across the United States on YouTube to learn why it is important to ask eye care providers any questions they might have about glaucoma and/or its treatment. PURPOSE: Our objective was to develop an educational video for African Americans with glaucoma to watch before their ophthalmology office visits to help motivate them to be actively involved in their care. METHODS: The Social Cognitive Theory guided the development of the video. We conducted three focus groups with African American patients with glaucoma and three focus groups with providers who care for African American patients with glaucoma. The research team reviewed the transcripts of the focus groups and then developed a plan for video production. RESULTS: The themes that both patients and providers felt should be covered in the video to motivate patient question-asking included the following: what is glaucoma, glaucoma treatment, glaucoma testing, and treatment adherence. Based on focus group results, the resulting video had one male African American physician and four African American patients covering the themes that emerged. CONCLUSIONS: Ophthalmologists and African Americans with glaucoma gave us excellent insight into developing videos to increase patient involvement during their visits.
1Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 2Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3Johns Hopkins University Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 4Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Duke University, and Health Services Research and Development, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 5Alexor, LLC, Durham, North Carolina 6Division of Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina *betsy_sleath@unc.edu.
Full articleClassification:
11.17 Cooperation with medical therapy e.g. persistency, compliance, adherence (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
15 Miscellaneous