How we teach children with asthma to use their inhaler: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One reason that asthma remains poorly controlled in children is poor inhaler technique. Guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique at each clinical visit. However, they do not specify how best to train children to mastery of correct inhaler technique. Many children are simply shown how to use inhalers which results in less than 50% with correct inhaler technique. The aim of this scoping review is to explore published literature on teaching methods used to train children to master correct inhaler technique.

Methods

We searched (from inception onwards): Medline, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and the Cochrane library. We included quantitative studies, (e.g. randomised controlled trials, cohort studies and case-control studies), published from 1956 to pr

SUBMITTER: McCrossan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8972732 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature