Objective Assessment of Adherence to Inhalers by COPD Patients
Completed
- Conditions
- COPD
- Registration Number
- NCT04025242
- Lead Sponsor
- Beaumont Hospital
- Brief Summary
Rationale: Objective adherence to inhaled therapy by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been reported.
Objectives: To objectively quantify adherence to preventer Diskus inhaler therapy by patients with COPD with an electronic audio recording device (INCA).
Methods: This was a prospective observational study. On discharge from hospital patients were given a salmeterol/fluticasone inhaler with an INCA device attached. Analysis of this audio quantified the frequency and proficiency of inhaler use.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 244
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients hospitalised with an exacerbation of COPD
- FEV1/FVC <70% or FEV1 <80%
- Age>40 years
- smoking history
- Previously prescribed fluticasone/salmeterol inhaler
Exclusion Criteria
- No exacerbations in previous year
- Outpatients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Actual rate of inhaler adherence Three months post hospitalisation Inhaler adherence rate assessed using a mobile electronic device
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method