Trial reportAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2009
Long-term maintenance of pharmacists' inhaler technique demonstration skills.
Trial report in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02570425 (THE HCP ELIOT STUDY), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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THE HCP ELIOT STUDY: Comparing Maintenance of Device Mastery With TURBOHALER© vs. SPIROMAX© in Healthcare Professionals naïve to Both Devices (The Easy Low Instruction Over Time [ELIOT] Study)
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Community pharmacy interventions for health promotion: effects on professional practice and health outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for improving pharmacist-led patient counselling in the community setting: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Interventions to improve inhaler technique for people with asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Pharmacist Led Intervention on Inhalation Technique among Asthmatic Patients for Improving Quality of Life in a Private Hospital of Nepal.Pulmonary medicine · 2019Trial
- Evaluation of inhaler technique and achievement and maintenance of mastery of budesonide/formoterol Spiromax® compared with budesonide/formoterol Turbuhaler® in adult patients with asthma: the Easy Low Instruction Over Time (ELIOT) study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2018Trial
- Effect of novel inhaler technique reminder labels on the retention of inhaler technique skills in asthma: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2017Trial
- The effect of using simulation for training pharmacy students on correct device technique.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2014Trial
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- Inhaler use technique course: an effective postgraduate training solution for pharmacists to enhance therapeutic outcomes as part of patient education.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Can Pharmacists' Counseling Improve the Use of Inhalers and Quality of Life? A Prospective "Pre" and "Post" Education Analysis in Mardan, Pakistan.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2023Article
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- A Multi-Mode Education Program to Enhance Asthma Care by Pharmacists.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2022Article
- The Influence of the Pharmacists' Training on the Quality and Comprehensiveness of Professional Advice Given in the Field of Inhalation Techniques in Community Pharmacies in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Development of the pharmacogenomics and genomics literacy framework for pharmacists.Human genomics · 2021Article
- Assessment of community pharmacy management towards self-medication requests of tetracyclines for pregnant women: a simulated client study in Upper Egypt.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2021Article
- Using the Delphi technique to determine objectives and topical outline for a pharmaceutical care course: an experience from the Cuban higher education system.BMC medical education · 2021Article
- Essential Role of Pharmacists in Asthma Care and Management.Journal of pharmacy practice · 2021Review
- A Targeted Approach to Improve Asthma Control Using Community Pharmacists.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the effectiveness of a single educational intervention, followed by patient education training, in pharmacists retaining their inhaler technique skills.
methodsA convenience sample of 31 pharmacists attended an educational workshop and their inhaler techniques were assessed. Those randomly assigned to the active group were trained to assess and teach correct Turbuhaler and Diskus inhaler techniques to patients and provided with patient education tools to use in their pharmacies during a 6-month study. Control pharmacists delivered standard care. All pharmacists were reassessed 2 years after initial training.
resultsThirty-one pharmacists participated in the study. At the initial assessment, few pharmacists demonstrated correct technique (Turbuhaler:13%, Diskus:6%). All pharmacists in the active group demonstrated correct technique following training. Two years later, pharmacists in the active group demonstrated significantly better inhaler technique than pharmacists in the control group (p < 0.05) for Turbuhaler and Diskus (83% vs.11%; 75% vs.11%, respectively).
conclusionProviding community pharmacists with effective patient education tools and encouraging their involvement in educating patients may contribute to pharmacists maintaining their competence in correct inhaler technique long-term.
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