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Efficacy of two educational interventions about inhalation techniques in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). TECEPOC: study protocol for a partially randomized controlled trial (preference trial).
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- The Effect of Training Inhalation Technique with or without Spacer on Maximum Expiratory Flow Rate and Inhaler Usage Skills in Asthmatic Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2014Article
- The Effect of Simulation-Based Education on Patient Training Correct Inhaler Technique of Nursing Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.SAGE open nursingArticle
- Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e TisilogiaArticle
- Comparing the Effects of Face-to-face and Video-based Education on Inhaler Use: A Randomized, Two-group Pretest/posttest Study.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
- A comparative analysis of errors in inhaler technique among COPD versus asthma patients.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObservational
- A cross sectional observational study on uncontrolled bronchial asthma and inhaler technique among out patients in a tertiary care centre in Western Maharashtra.Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDrugs for inhalation are the cornerstone of therapy in obstructive lung disease. We have observed that up to 75 % of patients do not perform a correct inhalation technique. The inability of patients to correctly use their inhaler device may be a direct consequence of insufficient or poor inhaler technique instruction. The objective of this study is to test the efficacy of two educational interventions to improve the inhalation techniques in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
methodsThis study uses both a multicenter patients´ preference trial and a comprehensive cohort design with 495 COPD-diagnosed patients selected by a non-probabilistic method of sampling from seven Primary Care Centers. The participants will be divided into two groups and five arms. The two groups are: 1) the patients´ preference group with two arms and 2) the randomized group with three arms. In the preference group, the two arms correspond to the two educational interventions (Intervention A and Intervention B) designed for this study. In the randomized group the three arms comprise: intervention A, intervention B and a control arm. Intervention A is written information (a leaflet describing the correct inhalation techniques). Intervention B is written information about inhalation techniques plus training by an instructor. Every patient in each group will be visited six times during the year of the study at health care center. DISCUSSION: Our hypothesis is that the application of two educational interventions in patients with COPD who are treated with inhaled therapy will increase the number of patients who perform a correct inhalation technique by at least 25 %. We will evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions on patient inhalation technique improvement, considering that it will be adequate and feasible within the context of clinical practice.
trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRTCTN15106246.
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