NCT03601403

Tablet-assisted Training in Exacerbated COPD

Tablet-assisted Training as a Complement Hospital Intervention in Patients With Acute Exacerbations of COPD

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 42 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a public health problem with great morbidity. The main therapeutic strategy is inhalers. The objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a tablet-assisted training in the use of inhalers in patients with COPD including ventilatory re-education and video recordings of the patients themselves.

Detailed description

The importance of this pathology lies not only in its high prevalence, which is expected to increase due to the aging of society but also in its high mortality. In Europe, it is estimated that 50% of adult patients do not use the inhaler correctly. The clinical development of COPD includes periods of stability interspersed with symptomatic exacerbations, which usually involve hospitalization. During these hospitalizations, respiratory symptoms are worsening.Nevertheless, in Europe, it is estimated that 50% of adult patients do not use the inhaler correctly. Thus, it is very important the pharmacological education in this patients.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	inhaler technique	The first day of the intervention consisted primarily of ventilatory re-education. During the realization of the technique, he was videotaped with a Tablet so that later the patient could be seen and on the video to be able to give him the guidelines for the correction. On the second and third day of the intervention, ventilation re-education was performed and the inhalation technique was subsequently trained.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-23
• Completion: 2019-04-01
• First posted: 2018-07-26
• Last updated: 2018-12-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain