NCT05664347

Video-based Teach-to-goal Intervention on Inhaler Technique on Jordanian Adults With Asthma and COPD

Video-based Teach-to-goal Intervention on Inhaler Technique on Adults With Asthma and COPD: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 154 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Jordan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was an interventional educational study that was intended to find out the effect of a video based inhaler technique education on improving inhaler technique mastery, disease control, medication adherence and patient quality of life in comparison to verbal education among adults with asthma or COPD.

Conditions

• COPD
• Asthma
• Inhaled Steroid Dependent Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Verbal teach to goal education	Participants were showed how to use correctly their inhalers and then asked again to show the technique. For each incorrect step, the patients were corrected and asked to repeat the steps until they mastered the technique. This process was repeated a maximum of three times.
BEHAVIORAL	Video based teach to goal education	Participants were educated by the a video-based teach to goal method. using a smartphone, an educational video illustrating the correct technique for each of the inhalers used by the patient was displayed. After watching the video, the patients were asked to show again how to use their inhaler and for each wrong step the video was displayed again until mastering the correct technique a maximum of three times. At the end of the interview participants in the intervention group received a copy of the video via WhatsApp and were all invited to watch the video whenever needed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-09
• Primary completion: 2021-02-21
• Completion: 2021-02-21
• First posted: 2022-12-23
• Last updated: 2022-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Jordan