External support for collaborative problem solving in a simulated provider/patient medication scheduling task
| Autor: | Gillian K. Weiss, Liza Raquel, David Rozovski, Angela Schriver, Seth Redenbo, Daniel G. Morrow |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Aging Knowledge management Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) Self Administration Workspace Simulated patient Drug Administration Schedule Task (project management) Scheduling (computing) Medicine Humans Operations management Cooperative Behavior Health communication Problem Solving Aged Aged 80 and over Chronotherapy Physician-Patient Relations Self-management business.industry Cognition Middle Aged Self Care Female business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of experimental psychology. Applied. 14(3) |
| ISSN: | 1076-898X |
| Popis: | Taking medication requires developing plans to accomplish the activity. This planning challenges older adults because of age-related cognitive limits and inadequate collaboration with health providers. The authors investigated whether an external aid (medtable) supports collaborative planning in the context of a simulated patient/provider task in which pairs of older adults worked together to create medication schedules. Experiment 1 compared pairs who used the medtable, blank paper (unstructured aid), or no aid to create schedules varying in complexity of medication constraints (number of medications and medication co-occurrence restrictions) and patient constraints (available times during the day to take medication). Both aids increased problem-solving accuracy and efficiency (time per unit accuracy) compared to the no-aid condition, primarily for more complex schedules. However, benefits were similar for the two aids. In Experiment 2, a redesigned medtable increased problem-solving accuracy and efficiency compared to blank paper. Both aids presumably supported problem solving by providing a jointly visible workspace for developing schedules. The medtable may be more effective because it externalizes constraints (relationships between medication and patient information), so that participants can more easily organize information. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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