Projects considered for funding are those that would implement improvements in patient care outcomes, patient satisfaction, and reductions in the cost of care. Requests are evaluated by the Internal Small Grants Committee, which prioritizes funding requests and recommends allocation of funds based on benefits to the institution as a whole. The committee is chaired by the medical director and is complemented by representatives from medical, nursing, and hospital administration as well as healthcare researchers from marketing, managed care, and health policy departments. This study is initiated to assess the impact of exercise on specific variables in patients with Epilepsy. The purpose is to evaluate the effects of a structured out-patient exercise program on outcomes in patients with epilepsy in the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center.
Quality of life is the primary dependent variable of interest.
Walking may be as beneficial as aerobic activity, and is not as likely to precipitate seizure inducing factors such as fatigue, hypoglycemia, respiratory alkalosis, and hypoglycemia. As a result, walking will be the exercise intervention for the study. This is a longitudinal non-equivalent control group study to examine the change over time in economic, clinical, and humanistic outcomes for patients seeking care at an asthma clinic where the additional education program of a pharmacist is provided. This proposal expands the original asthma outcomes research project to include the measurement of outcomes at the one year point. The development of an on-line resource of clinical information for use by the house staff would be a valuable addition to assist residents and interns to more efficiently and effectively deliver care at the Ohio State University Medical Center.