ArticleNursing open2019
Errors in inhaler use related to devices and to inhalation technique among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care.
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- 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
- The importance of reminders and patient preferences to improve inhaler technique in older adults with COPD.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Interventional, Quasi-Experimental Study of a Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Education Care Plan for Hospital Discharge.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- COPD - do the right thing.BMC family practice · 2021Review
- Rational selection of inhalation devices in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis (SOJA).European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2021Article
- Critical inhaler technique errors in Swedish patients with COPD: a cross-sectional study analysing video-recorded demonstrations.NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2021Article
- Health-care Resource Requirements and Potential Financial Consequences of an Environmentally Driven Switch in Respiratory Inhaler Use in England.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2021Article
- Errors in inhaler use related to devices and to inhalation technique among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care.Nursing open · 2019Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
aimThe aim of this study was to describe inhaler use in primary health care patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to categorize these patients into those making errors related to devices, those making errors related to inhalation technique and those making errors related to both.
designObservational study.
methodsCOPD nurses used a checklist to assess the use of inhalers by patients with spirometry-verified COPD (
resultsThe mean age of the patients was 71 (
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