Improving asthma self-management education through inhaler labeling.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Improper use and poor understanding of asthma medications can lead to poorly controlled asthma, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations for children with asthma. Pharmacists play a critical role in improving asthma medication adherence through education on asthma self-management. The use of color-coded labels applied at pharmacies to help patients differentiate between rescue and maintenance inhalers has not been explored.

Methods

Pharmacies were recruited to join a community pharmacy asthma coalition. Pharmacists provided patient education and labeled inhalers with two types of color-coded stickers. A red sticker labeled "RESCUE" was used for short-acting β-2 agonist medication inhalers. A green sticker labeled "USE EVERY DAY" was used for inhaled cortic

SUBMITTER: Dikranian LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11381901 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature