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Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial

To assess the impact that educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques have on the clinical and functional control of asthma and COPD, we evaluated 44 participants before and after such an intervention. There was a significant decrease in the number of errors, and 20 patients (46%) signif...

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Autores principales: Maricoto, Tiago, Madanelo, Sofia, Rodrigues, Luís, Teixeira, Gilberto, Valente, Carla, Andrade, Lília, Saraiva, Alcina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000098
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author Maricoto, Tiago
Madanelo, Sofia
Rodrigues, Luís
Teixeira, Gilberto
Valente, Carla
Andrade, Lília
Saraiva, Alcina
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description To assess the impact that educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques have on the clinical and functional control of asthma and COPD, we evaluated 44 participants before and after such an intervention. There was a significant decrease in the number of errors, and 20 patients (46%) significantly improved their technique regarding prior exhalation and breath hold. In the asthma group, there were significant improvements in the mean FEV1, FVC, and PEF (of 6.4%, 8.6%, and 8.3% respectively). Those improvements were accompanied by improvements in Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test scores but not in Asthma Control Test scores. In the COPD group, there were no significant variations. In asthma patients, educational interventions appear to improve inhaler technique, clinical control, and functional control.
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spelling pubmed-53440932017-03-15 Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial Maricoto, Tiago Madanelo, Sofia Rodrigues, Luís Teixeira, Gilberto Valente, Carla Andrade, Lília Saraiva, Alcina J Bras Pneumol Brief Communication To assess the impact that educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques have on the clinical and functional control of asthma and COPD, we evaluated 44 participants before and after such an intervention. There was a significant decrease in the number of errors, and 20 patients (46%) significantly improved their technique regarding prior exhalation and breath hold. In the asthma group, there were significant improvements in the mean FEV1, FVC, and PEF (of 6.4%, 8.6%, and 8.3% respectively). Those improvements were accompanied by improvements in Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test scores but not in Asthma Control Test scores. In the COPD group, there were no significant variations. In asthma patients, educational interventions appear to improve inhaler technique, clinical control, and functional control. Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5344093/ /pubmed/28117475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000098 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Valente, Carla
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Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
title Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
title_full Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
title_fullStr Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
title_full_unstemmed Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
title_short Educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and COPD control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
title_sort educational interventions to improve inhaler techniques and their impact on asthma and copd control: a pilot effectiveness-implementation trial
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5344093/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28117475
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562016000000098
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