Poster Presentations

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Poster Discussions B:
Psycho-social treatment and self-expression

PATIENTS' EXPRESSIVE WRITING ABOUT THEIR IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME IS INFORMATIVE BUT DIFFICULT TO READ RELIABLY
A. Halpert¹, E. Cline¹, A. Verma¹, J. Clark^2
1Boston Medical Center, Gastroenterology, Boston, United States, ²Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, United States

ASTHMA: IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR - A STUDY OF A FAMILY- BASED INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENTS WITH ASTHMA
V.T. Colland¹, J.M. Bruzzesse², R. Gallagher³, L.H. Unikel⁴, D. Evans^5
1Emma Children's Hospital, AMC, Psycho Social Department, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²New York University School of Medicine NYU, NYU Child Study Center, New York, United States, ³NYU, NYU Child Study Center, New York, United States, ⁴NYU, NYU Child Center, New York, United States, ⁵Columbia University, Pediatric Pulmonary Division, New York, United States

A MINIMAL BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTION PROGRAMME TO IMPROVE SELF MANAGEMENT AND PRO-ACTIVE COPING IN THREE DIFFERENT CHRONIC ILLNESSES
V.T. Colland¹, D.T. de Ridder², K.M.G. Schreurs³, R.G. Kuijer^4
1Emma Children's Hospital, AMC, Psychosocial Department, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Utrecht University, Dept. Health Psychology, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³Revalidation Centre Het Roessingh, Medical Psychology, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁴University of Canterbury, Dept of Psychology, Christchurch, New Zealand

IDENTIFYING THE PLACE AND ROLE OF PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT IN THERAPEUTIC PATIENT EDUCATION
A. Le Rhun¹, A. Deccache^2
1Hôpital Saint Jacques, Pole d'Information Médicale et d'Evaluation en Santé Publique, Nantes, France, ²Université Catholique de Louvain, École de Santé Publique, Unité d'Education pour la Santé RESO, Bruxelles, Belgium

SURVEY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DIABETES - USER VIEWS INFORMING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIABETES TRANSITIONAL SERVICE IN WEST SOMERSET
M. Gardiner
Musgrove Park Hospital, Children's Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Somerset, United Kingdom

IMPACT OF A PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION ON HEALTH OUTCOMES IN ADULTS WITH ASTHMA
A. Lamouroux, D. Vervloet
Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Chest Diseases, Marseille, France

“PEDIA”: A PROJECT OF THERAPEUTIC EDUCATION IN TYPE 2DIABETES IN PRIMARY CARE
A. Kotsoni¹, T. Solomos¹, P. Theodoropoulos¹, J. Gabriel², E. Gianoulaki^3
1Health Center of Chalandritsa, Patras, Greece, ²University of Patras, Patras, Greece, ³''St.Andrews'' General Hospital of Patras, Patras, Greece

A COMMUNITY-BASED WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAM FOR OVERWEIGHT ADULTS IN JAPAN: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
K. Okazaki, N. Sakane
Kyoto Medical Center, Preventive Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

COGNITIVE-EDUCATIVE MODEL FOR MEXICAN ADULTS WITH DMT2
E. Gallegos, B. Salazar
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, College of Nursing, Monterrey, Mexico

PILOT STUDY: ARE TANGO AND DIABETES WELL-SUITED PARTNERS?
J. Mociulsky, E. Barinaga, A. Cormillot, S. Moguilevsky, S. Alessandrello
Clinica de Nutricion y Salud Dr. Cormillot, Buenos Aires, Argentina