Improving adrenaline autoinjector adherence: A psychologically informed training for healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinicians draw on instructional approaches when training patients with anaphylaxis to use adrenaline autoinjectors, but patient use is poor. Psychological barriers to these behaviours exist but are not considered routinely when training patients to use autoinjectors. Health Psychology principles suggest exploring these factors with patients could improve their autoinjector use.

Objective

To evaluate the impact of a 90-minute workshop training clinicians in strategies and techniques for exploring and responding to psychological barriers to autoinjector use with patients. Attendees' knowledge, confidence and likelihood of using the strategies were expected to improve.

Methods

Impact was evaluated using a longitudinal mixed-method design. Twenty-nine clinicia

SUBMITTER: Mahoney B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688075 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature