ArticleHeliyon2021
The effect of repeated education using live demonstrations and videos of how to use inhalation drugs on quality of life for COPD patients.
Article in Heliyon, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07311499 (A Study on Improving Sleep Quality in COPD Patients Through Inhalation Management Education by Nurses Using Video Conferencing Tools.), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Study on Improving Sleep Quality in COPD Patients Through Inhalation Management Education by Nurses Using Video Conferencing Tools.
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Experiences of Individuals With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Their Caregivers During the Pandemic: A Systematic Review.Nursing open · 2026Pooled it
- Digital remote maintenance inhaler adherence interventions in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Pooled it
- Critical Errors in Inhaler Technique Among Patients With Asthma and COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Real-World Setting.Canadian respiratory journal · 2026Observational
- Associations between medication beliefs and medication adherence among inpatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Repeated education regarding the proper use of inhalers can reduce the error rate in inhaler-using patients and improve COPD patients' quality of life. This study investigates the effect of repeated education on the quality of life of COPD patients during the pandemic of COVID-19 from February to June 2020. Repeated education is provided using direct demonstrations to patients through educational media in the form of short videos made by the researchers for each inhaler type. This is a pre-experimental study design which was carried out prospectively at Grha Permata Ibu Hospital, Depok. The quality of life of 22 subjects was examined using the COPD assessment test (CAT) questionnaire. Each patient was given a direct verbal demonstration of the appropriate use of the inhaler. One month later, each patient was provided further education using less than 2 min of video sent to them online via the WhatsApp application. Final quality-of-life examination and assessment of inhaler technique were carried out three months after the initial examination. Assessment of proper inhaler technique was carried out using a specific checklist regarding the use of inhaler translated by the researcher. Before and after delivery of repeated education, the mean CAT score showed a decrease of two points, i.e., 12.8 ± 1.3 and 10.8 ± 2.0, respectively. This indicated that quality of life of the patients had significant improvement. However, as many as 63.6% of patients still made mistakes in using inhaler even though they had been educated. For DPI-type inhalers, mistake mostly happened at step "breath out gently, away from inhaler". For pMDI-type inhalers, mistake mostly happened at step "while holding breath, remove inhaler from mouth". It can be concluded that repeated education regarding proper inhaler technique with direct demonstrations and further maintained by videos can improve the quality of life in COPD patients.
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