Efficacy of an Education Protocol in the Correction of Inhalation Techniques in COPD

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Education; COPD
• Interventions: Other: Education

• Registration Number: NCT03144557
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the implementation of an education protocol and its impact on the correct inhalation technique in COPD patients presenting errors or mistakes. There will be 4 sessions, in each one the inhalation technique will be evaluated using a checklist of steps. Whenever errors are found, the correct use of each device will be educated through verbal explanation and written material will be delivered.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-02
• Primary Completion: 2017-04-30
• Study Completion: 2017-04-30
• Status Verified: 2017-05
• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-05-04
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2017-05-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with COPD diagnosed by spirometry (presence of a postbronchodilator FEV1 / FVC ratio <0.7)
• Over 40 years old
• Use any of the following devices: metered dose inhaler, HandiHaler, Turbuhaler, Diskus, Aerolizer
• Have at least one error in the inhalation technique
• Signature of informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Artificial airway
• Cognitive impairment noted in the medical history
• Hearing loss that complicates the compression of simple orders
• Bilateral amaurosis
• Functional dependence for the use of inhalers
• Presence of abnormal movements in the upper limbs that interfere and / or impede the correct use of the devices

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Education	Education protocol to correct inhalation technique

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in the inhalation technique	Baseline and every session (48-72 hours)	If the patient that presented errors or mistakes corrected inhalation technique

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Type of error	Baseline	Frequent errors in inhalation technique using different inhaler devices
Patient's characteristics	Baseline	Characteristics of the patients who do not perform the inhalation technique correctly and those who, despite having completed the education protocol, continue to perform it incorrectly
Inhalation device	Baseline	Inhaler that presents the greatest number of mistakes

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires; 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina