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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

How Intuitive Is the Administration of Pediatric Emergency Medication Devices for Parents? Objective Observation and Subjective Self-Assessment.

Ruth Melinda Müller, Birthe Herziger, Sarah Jeschke, Martina Patrizia Neininger, Thilo Bertsche, Astrid Bertsche

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ruth Melinda MüllerDepartment of Neuropaediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Medicine Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Strasse 8, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2533-8986
Birthe HerzigerDepartment of Neuropaediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Medicine Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Strasse 8, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
Sarah JeschkeDepartment of Neuropaediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Medicine Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Strasse 8, 18057 Rostock, Germany.
Martina Patrizia NeiningerDrug Safety Center, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig University, Brüderstrasse 32, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Thilo BertscheDrug Safety Center, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig University, Brüderstrasse 32, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4930-6655
Astrid BertscheDepartment of Neuropaediatrics, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University Medicine Rostock, Ernst-Heydemann-Strasse 8, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2832-0156
University Hospital Leipzig · DEUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DEUniversitätsmedizin Rostock · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundto assess the intuitiveness of parents' administration of pediatric emergency devices (inhalation, rectal, buccal, nasal, and auto-injector).

methodsWe invited parents without prior experience to administer the five devices to dummy dolls. We observed whether the parents chose the correct administration route and subsequently performed the correct administration procedures without clinically relevant errors. We interviewed parents for their self-assessment of their own administration performance and willingness to administer devices in actual emergencies.

resultsThe correct administration route was best for the inhalation device (81/84, 96% of parents) and worst for the intranasal device (25/126, 20%). The correct administration procedures were best for the buccal device (63/98, 64%) and worst for the auto-injector device (0/93, 0%). Their own administration performance was rated to be best by parents for the inhalation device (59/84, 70%) and worst for the auto-injector device (17/93, 18%). The self-assessment of the correct administration overestimated the correct administration procedures for all the devices except the buccal one. Most parents were willing to administer the inhalation device in an emergency (67/94, 79%), while the fewest were willing to administration procedures the auto-injector device (28/93, 30%).

conclusionsIntuitiveness concerning the correct administration route and the subsequent correct administration procedures have to be improved for all the devices examined. The parents mostly overestimated their performance. Willingness to use a device in an actual emergency depended on the device.

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administrationdosage formsemergenciesintuitionmedical devicesmedication errorspediatrics

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PMID38392943
PMCPMC10893533
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