Pancreatitis Partners: a sharing and educational support group.

摘要: A team in a digestive disease center at 550-bed tertiary care the Southeast created an interactive, educational patient and family support group for people with pancreatitis. No previous groups this population could be located United States by us, although pancreatitis is that may progress to include chronic pain, frequent hospitalizations or emergency room visits, narcotic dependence, depression. The article describes illustrates need, planning, inception, implementation, evaluation, re-visioning of outpatient education affected uses partnership model as basis helping empower patients their members have more understanding of, adaption to, say treatment choices responsibility managing symptoms illness. Facilitated multidisciplinary team, first its kind was enthusiastically received those who participated. Group were surveyed conclusion ten sessions. Results survey modification format expanded outreach plans are outlined discussed.