NCT02660879

The Effect of Video Education on Inhaler Use Technique

The Effect of Video Education on Improving Inhaler Use Technique

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Romil Fenil Shah · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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.

Conditions

• Nebulizers and Vaporizers
• Patient Education
• E Learning

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Written Document Educational Resource	A 2 page document with pictures discussing how to use an inhaler properly.
OTHER	Online Video Education	Education which included step-by-step instruction on how to use their inhalers correctly as well as a webcam element that allowed users to see themselves practice their inhalers along with actors on screen.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-12-01
• Primary completion: 2014-01-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2016-01-21
• Last updated: 2016-01-21