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PROJECT BIONICS

Michigan Bionic Patient Survey, 2006

Cardiac Surgery

Thank you for logging into the Michigan Bionic Survey. You have been selected because you (or your child) were treated with an artificial organ at the University of Michigan. Project Bionics is collecting information regarding the history and current usage of artificial organs. The Michigan Bionic Patient Survey is one part of that overall project.

This survey will provide you with some information about artificial organs and ask you about the artificial organs that were used in your or your relative’s, care. This information will be part of an archive to document the history and usage of artificial organs.

Project Bionics was established in 1998 to collect, document, and present the history of man-made, artificial organs. It is a joint project of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, the Smithsonian Institution, and the National Library of Medicine. The activities of Project Bionics are recorded on the website http://echo.gmu.edu/bionics/, along with links to other information about artificial organs.

Project Bionics has a grant from the Sloan Foundation (web site address: www.sloan.org/main.shtml) to document the history of science using the Internet. One important part of this project is to document the experience of patients whose life has been changed by artificial organs.

The Michigan Bionic Patient Survey is supported by the Sloan Foundation grant to determine how effective the Internet can be in recording actual patient experiences. This survey will take about 5 minutes to complete. Thank you very much for helping us out. When the study is completed, you can review the results of the survey by returning to the Project Bionics website.

1. Do you use the Internet?
No
Yes

2. If yes, do you use the Internet to...

look up information?


No
Yes

access interactive services (buying, selling, questionnaires, etc.)?
No
Yes

e-mail?
No
Yes

visit chat rooms?
No
Yes

other (music, telephone, courses, etc.)?
No
Yes

3. Have you used the Internet to learn more about your disease and the use of artificial organs?
No
Yes

4. If so, have you used the Internet to...

search for websites?
No
Yes

visit a specific website?
No
Yes

e-mail?
No
Yes

visit chat rooms?
No
Yes

other?
No
Yes

As a patient who has undergone open-heart surgery, please tell us a little bit about your experience.

5. What type of heart surgery did you have?
Coronary artery bypass
Valve replacement or repair
Both coronary and valve
Repair of a congenital defect

6. How old were you when you had your operation?
Over 70 years old
51 - 70 years old
21 - 50 years old
2 - 20 years old
Under 2 years old

7. How well did you understand your heart problem and the need for an operation?
Not at all
A little
Very well

8. Did you feel you had adequate preoperative teaching from the surgical team?
Yes
No

9. Now that you have recovered, have you talked with other patients who have had open-heart surgery?
Yes
No

10. How long did it take for you to feel like you were fully recovered (for example, able to do unlimited physical sctivity) after your surgery?
1-6 weeks
6 weeks - 2 months
3-4 months
5-6 months
Over 6 months
Never

11. What members of the open-heart team did you meet before or after your surgery...

Surgeon?
Yes
No

Assistant surgeon or resident?
Yes
No

Surgeon's assistant?
Yes
No

Anesthesiologist?
Yes
No

OR nurse?
Yes
No

Perfusionist?
Yes
No

ICU nurse?
Yes
No

12. Were you told in any detail how the heart-lung machine was to be used during your heart surgery?
Yes
No

13. Were you told that your heart would have to be stopped to have open-heart surgery?
Yes
No

14. Before the operation, my understanding of how the heart-lung machine worked was:
Hardly any
Not much
Average
Very good

15. Now, my understanding of how the heart-lung machine works is:
Very good
Average
Not much
Hardly any

16. My doctor explained the use of the heart-lung machine in heart operations:
Very completely
Enough to get by
All I want to know
I really don't understand the use of the heart-lung machine

17. I have learned a lot about the use of the heart-lung machine in heart operations:
Agree
Disagree
Don't care

18. As a result of this survey, my interest in the history of artificial organs is:
Unchanged
Increased
Don't care

19. Researchers ar working on new types of heart-lung machines. If it were possible, the next improvement would be: (Please list in order of importance below.)

a. Use it without anticoagulation
b. Increased controls by the perfusionist
c. Increased automation to decrease control by the perfusionist

20. As a result of this survey would you like to know more about artificial organs?
Yes
No, I know enough already
No, I don't want to know more

21. If yes, I would like to know more about: (Please list in order of importance below.)

a. The history of artificial organs in general
b. The history of my artificial organ
c. The current use of artificial organs
d. Research on the future of artificial organs

22. Please type in any comments on your experience with artificial organs.

Thank you for completing the survey!


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