Education With Inhalers in Patients With COPD Exacerbation

University of Granada (UGR)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Device: Ventilatory re-education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03337958

DF0071UG

Details and patient eligibility

About

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 an educational intervention in the use of inhalers in patients with COPD including ventilatory re-education and video recordings of the patients themselves.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Inclusion criteria were to be clinically diagnosed of exacerbation of COPD, to possess pharmacological treatment in the form of inhalers.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria were inability to provide informed consent, presence of psychiatric or cognitive disorders, neurological disorders, organ failure, cancer or inability to cooperate. Patients who had experienced an exacerbation of prior COPD in less than one month were excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

CONTROL GROUP

No Intervention group

Description:

Received the standard medical and pharmacological care provided by the hospital

INTERVENTION GROUP

Experimental group

Description:

The group received the standard medical and pharmacological care provided by the hospital. In addition, an educational program on the use of inhalers, which included an explanation of the use of inhalers together with a ventilatory re-education program, furthermore, the technique of inhaler use was trained.

Treatment:

Device: Ventilatory re-education