To shake or not to shake, that's the question! Important suggestions for improvement provided by the International Inhaler Res

Titel onderzoek Nederlands

To shake or not to shake, that's the question! Important suggestions for improvement provided by the International Inhaler Res

Titel onderzoek Engels

To shake or not to shake, that's the question! Important suggestions for improvement provided by the International Inhaler Res

Onderzoeksvraag

We are performing different sub-studies in Europe to evaluate the problem regarding inhaler instructions in depth.

Uitgangsvraag PICO

P

Astma/COPD patients

I

Evaluate current problems and find effective strategies to improve inhaler technique

C

Current care as usual

O

New inhaler instruction method covering organization, education and maintenance

Onderzoeksinstituut

Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

Samenvatting van het onderzoek

Research questions

Inhaled medication is the cornerstone of the pharmacological treatment of patients with asthma and COPD. According to The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 70 to 80 % of patients have poor inhaler technique.  This leads to poor disease control hence poor disease outcomes and costs. Even with clear inhalation instructions and regular monitoring by health caregivers, the amount of patients who suffer from serious technique errors remains high. We developed a study design that will lead to answering our main research question: can we improve inhaler technique by a didactic based teaching method to transfer clear inhaler instructions to patients?

Study aim old-people

The aim of our research project is threefold. First, we want to explore the reasons why asthma and COPD patients who received inhaler instructions and training make errors while using their inhaler devices. It is therefore necessary to disentangle their mind-set towards inhaler therapy. For this purpose, we use semi-structured interviews in different patient age categories of patients: 0 – 16 year (children), 16 – 25 year (adolescents), 25 – 65 year (grown-ups) and 65+ (older people). After these patients interviews we will organize focus groups with healthcare professionals to discuss the findings.

Our second aim is to develop a didactic-based teaching method for transferring effective inhaler instructions to patients with asthma and COPD. This training will be based in the results from the interviews and the focus groups.

 

Startdatum onderzoek

Type onderzoek

Inhalatie techniek astma/COPD

Aard van het onderzoek

Kwaliteit van zorg

Design van het onderzoek

Combinatie van kwalitatief onderzoek en literatuur studie

Onderzoeker

E.I. Metting

Contactpersoon

E.I. Metting

Andere betrokkenen

  • P. Hagedoorn
  • S. Schokker
  • E. van Heijst
  • T. Klemmeier
  • M. Roman Rodriguez
  • I. Tsiligianni
  • T. van der Molen
  • J.W.H. Kocks

ICPC codes

R095 R096

Beantwoordt het onderzoek een geprioriteerde kennislacune(s) uit de onderzoeksagenda huisartsgeneeskunde?

Nee

Voortgang

Afgerond onderzoek

Samenwerking(en) met andere afdelingen of instituten

Huisartsen in Spanje en Griekenland, Apothekers, Verpleegkundigen

Soort samenwerking

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