Assessing the Use of Metered Dose Inhalers by Adults with Asthma
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Asthma
- Vol. 26 (4), 223-230
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02770908909073253
Abstract
The development and analysis of an instrument to evaluate the use of metered dose inhalers by patients in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB (Alabama, USA)). Asthma Program is presented. A total of 238 adult asthma patients demonstrated use of the metered dose inhaler for this analysis. Patient skill in using the inhaler was recorded using the instrument, Inhaler-Use Checklist, developed at UAB. The study found that most patients use metered dose inhalers incorrectly, despite training received from their physicians on proper use of inhalers.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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