Inhaler devices for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: insights from patients and healthcare practitioners.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The choice of inhaler device for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) depends upon multiple attributes. An online survey was devised to assess COPD patients' and healthcare practitioners' (HCPs; physicians and nurses) opinions and preferences for inhaler devices.

Methods

Patients diagnosed with COPD ≥6 months from United States (US), United Kingdom (UK), France, and Germany, and HCPs from the US, UK, France, Italy, and Japan were enrolled to participate in an online quantitative 35 minutes survey. A proprietary analytical tool from Sawtooth Software was used to collect, randomize, and analyze participant opinions and preferences of device attributes, including functionality.

Results

A total of 245 patients (mean age, 60.7 years) comple

SUBMITTER: Molimard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559157 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature