Meeting the needs of patients with COPD: Patients' preference for the Diskus inhaler compared with the Handihaler

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 444-450

  Moore, Alison C ^a   Stone, S ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COPD; Device handling; Device preference; Diskus; Handihaler

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; SALMETEROL XINAFOATE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INHALER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 2942744348     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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