Trial reportPloS one2018
Using web-based videos to improve inhalation technique in COPD patients requiring hospitalization: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05664347 (Video-based Teach-to-goal Intervention on Inhaler Technique on Adults With Asthma and COPD), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Video-based Teach-to-goal Intervention on Inhaler Technique on Adults With Asthma and COPD: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- COPD-patients' perspective on adherence to therapy and its integration into a systematic literature review.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Self-management interventions for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Digital interventions for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Device use errors with soft mist inhalers: A global systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Chronic respiratory diseasePooled it
- Video-based teach-to-goal intervention on inhaler technique on adults with asthma and COPD: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2023Trial
- The use of digital web-based video training for correct inhalation technique during the COVID-19 pandemic.ERJ open research · 2023Article
- Learning from Online Video Education (LOVE) improves confidence in fertility treatments: a randomized controlled trial.NPJ digital medicine · 2022Article
- Use of Web-Based Videos in a Community Pharmacy to Optimize Inhalation Technique.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2020Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundInhalation errors frequently occur in patients receiving inhalation treatment, which can significantly impair treatment success. While this underscores the importance of inhalation training, the role of modern web-based instructional videos has not yet been investigated.
methodsA randomized controlled trial using standardized checklists (10 items: preparation, N = 3, inhalation routine, N = 6, and closure of inhalation, N = 1) was carried out to determine the relative effects of web-based, device-specific videos versus standard personal instruction on reducing multiple (≥2) inhalation errors in severe COPD patients requiring hospitalisation. Investigators assessing inhalation errors were blinded to the intervention.
resultsMultiple handling errors were recorded at baseline in 152 out of 159 patients (95.6%). Each teaching method led to a similar reduction in errors (videos: from 4.2±1.6 to 1.5±1.5 errors; personal instruction: from 3.8±1.5 to 1.3±1.6; p<0.0001), although non-inferiority of web-based video teaching could not be confirmed statistically due to an unpredictably high number of patients in both groups still making multiple handling errors (44.0% versus 40.3%, mean difference 3.7%; 95%CI [-12.0-19.4%]).
conclusionMultiple inhalation errors regularly occur in severe COPD patients requiring hospitalisation. Web-based video teaching is capable of reducing inhalation errors. However, compared to personal instruction non-inferiority could not be established. This was due to an unexpectedly high number of patients with persisting inhalation errors despite training.
trial registrationClinical trial Registration: German Clinical Trial Register, DRKS 00004320.
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