AIM To examine the impact of a nurse-led patient assessment and education programme in promoting compliance with inhaler use in asthma patients. DESIGN A quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test design. METHODS A sample of asthmatic patients (N = 21) were recruited from the population of patients attending an asthma clinic. An Inhaler Proficiency Schedule (IPS) was developed and validated....

UNLABELLED Although community pharmacists have become more involved in the care of asthma patients, several studies have assessed pharmacists''ability to illustrate appropriately inhalation technique of different asthma devices. Many studies addressed inappropriate use of asthma devices by patients and pharmacists, in addition to its clinical, humanistic and economic burden. OBJECTIVE To eval...

BACKGROUND Uncontrolled asthma remains a frequent cause of emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions. Improper asthma inhaler device use is most likely one of the major causes associated with uncontrolled asthma and frequent ED visits. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the inhaler technique among asthmatic patients seen in ED, and to investigate the characteristics of these patients and f...

Eighty consecutive patients who came to collect their prescriptions for pressurised aerosol inhalers at the Pharmacy of the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, were interviewed regarding their use of the pressurised inhaler. Their inhaler technique was also assessed. A significant proportion inhaled the steroid aerosol before the bronchodilator and 23.5% used the steroid inhaler for relief of ac...

BACKGROUND Incorrect usage of inhaler devices might have a major influence on the clinical effectiveness of the delivered drug. This issue is poorly addressed in management guidelines. METHODS This article presents the results of a systematic literature review of studies evaluating incorrect use of established dry powder inhalers (DPIs) by patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary...

Background: Uncontrolled asthma remains a frequent cause of emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions. Improper asthma inhaler device use is most likely one of the major causes associated with uncontrolled asthma and frequent ED visits. Objectives: To evaluate the inhaler technique among asthmatic patients seen in ED, and to investigate the characteristics of these patients and f...

© Copyright The Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology • The Korean Academy of Pediatric Allergy and Respiratory Disease http://e-aair.org Achieving asthma control is central to optimizing patient quality of life and clinical outcomes. This definition of asthma control has two components: achieving current clinical asthma control and reducing future risk. The level of clinica...

BACKGROUND Handling of inhaler devices such as pressurized metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) and dry-powder inhalers (DPIs) in actual pulmonary practice is not well studied. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate patients' proper handling of inhaler devices during actual pulmonary practice. METHODS Prospective observational evaluations were conducted at 3 pulmonary clinics in Jordan, fr...