NCT03144557

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

Efficacy of an Education Protocol in the Correction of Inhalation Techniques in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Conditions

• COPD
• Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Education	Education protocol included 4 individual sessions of verbal and graphic instructions to correct inhalation technique in patients with COPD

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-02
• Primary completion: 2017-04-30
• Completion: 2017-04-30
• First posted: 2017-05-09
• Last updated: 2017-05-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Argentina