Using web-based videos to improve inhalation technique in COPD patients requiring hospitalization: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inhalation errors frequently occur in patients receiving inhalation treatment, which can significantly impair treatment success. While this underscores the importance of inhalation training, the role of modern web-based instructional videos has not yet been investigated.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial using standardized checklists (10 items: preparation, N = 3, inhalation routine, N = 6, and closure of inhalation, N = 1) was carried out to determine the relative effects of web-based, device-specific videos versus standard personal instruction on reducing multiple (≥2) inhalation errors in severe COPD patients requiring hospitalisation. Investigators assessing inhalation errors were blinded to the intervention.

Results

Multiple handling errors were re

SUBMITTER: Windisch W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191087 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature