Effective inhaler technique education is achievable - assessment and comparison of five inhaler devices errors
Before education, the least technical difficulties were observed for the Cyclohaler, while in the Ellipta group, patients made the most errors. Education resulted in equalizing the level of correctness of inhalation, which was similarly high for each type of device. This means that after education, all inhalers have similar difficulty levels in performing the correct inhalation technique. However, achieved improvement may be influenced by other factors such as practice effects or confounding variables due to real-life nature of the study.
Authors
- Marharyta Sobczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2244-7730)
- Monika Marko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3596-6625)
- Tomasz Dębowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7315-691X)
- Rafał Pawliczak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6784-453X)
- Andrzej Emeryk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1853-8696)
- Magdalena Klimczak
- Maciej Wojakiewicz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8065-1908)
Institutions
- Medical University of Lublin (PL)
- Medical University of Lodz (PL)
- 1 Military Clinical Hospital with Outpatient Clinic (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pharmacology
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2025.1538283
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.56