Evaluating inhaler education interventions for hospitalized children with asthma: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most children with asthma have poor inhaler technique, with detrimental morbidity effects. Guidelines recommend clinicians provide inhaler education at every opportunity, yet resources are limited. A low-cost, technology-based intervention-Virtual Teach-to-Goal (V-TTG)-was developed to deliver tailored inhaler technique education with high fidelity.

Objective

To evaluate whether V-TTG leads to less inhaler misuse among children with asthma who are hospitalized vs brief intervention (BI, reading steps aloud).

Methods

A single-center randomized controlled trial of V-TTG vs BI was conducted with 5-to-10-year-old children with asthma hospitalized between January 2019 and February 2020. Inhaler technique was assessed pre- and post-education using 12-step validat

SUBMITTER: Volerman A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10440276 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature