The Effect of Video Education on Inhaler Use Technique

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Nebulizers and Vaporizers; Patient Education; E Learning
• Interventions: Other: Written Document Educational Resource; Other: Online Video Education

• Registration Number: NCT02660879
• Lead Sponsor: Romil Fenil Shah

Brief Summary

The investigators looked at the effect that video instruction located at www.useinhalers.com would have on improving inhaler technique at a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The investigators compared this video instruction to written Spanish inhaler education. The investigators video taped participants before and after the intervention, and graded their technique on a pre-defined rubric.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-01
• Study Completion: 2014-01
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-18
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-21
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinically-stable outpatient adults (≥18 years) with Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with history of at least one exacerbation in last 1 year
• Clinical diagnoses of asthma or COPD

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with language barrier (unable to understand and communicate in either English or Spanish)
• Cognitive or physical dysfunction that, in the investigator's opinion, would interfere with completion of the study
• Significant co-morbidity that can confound asthma symptoms - e.g. Congestive Heart Failure, current smoker, uncontrolled Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, neuromuscular disease, chest wall deformity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Written Education	Written Document Educational Resource	These patients were video taped before they had any inhaler education using their own inhalers. They were then given written educational materials, and given 5 minutes to read these materials. They were then re-taped for their inhaler technique.
Online Video Education	Online Video Education	These patients were video taped before they had any inhaler education using their own inhalers. They were then given online video education located at use-inhalers.com, and were asked to complete the education (took on average 5 minutes). They were then re-taped for their inhaler technique.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement in Inhaler Technique Defined by 11 point rubric which details steps and techniques necessary for proper inhaler use	Videos taken before educational interventions and directly after the 5-10 minutes allotted for the educational intervention. Videos will be assessed in the following months after using the 11 point rubric.