Inhaler technique in older people in the community

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Ho, Shu F ^a   O'Mahony, M Sinead ^b   Steward, John A ^c   Breay, Patricia ^b   Burr, Michael L ^d  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhaler use and technique; Older people; Population study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BREATH ACTUATED INHALER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INHALATION SPACER; INHALER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1542329653     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh062     Document Type: Article

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