Effect of interventions to improve the use of inhalers as instructed by the health care provider
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)Respiratory
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13994441
- Lead Sponsor
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 421
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients diagnosed with asthma or COPD and followed up in JIPMER Medicine or Pulmonary Medicine outpatient department, three months prior to the study period with or without other co-morbid conditions
2. The patients should own a mobile phone and be able to use it
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients who should refrain from performing PFT, as in the case of patients with pneumothorax, history of recent MI or pulmonary embolism, abdominal or cerebral aneurysm
2. Patients who had undergone recent surgery
3. Patients who were hard of hearing or mentally disabled
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported adherence measured using 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Questionnaire at baseline, third month and sixth month.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Prescription refill data measured using the proportion of days covered at six months before intervention and six months during the intervention<br> 2. Severity of disease measured using lung capacity (FEV1(%)) at baseline, third month and sixth month<br>