Evaluation of the knowledge of health professionals at a pediatric hospital regarding the use of metered-dose inhalers;Avaliação do conhecimento sobre o uso de inaladores dosimetrados entre profissionais de saúde de um hospital pediátrico

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-12

  Muchão, Fábio Pereira ^a,b   Perín, Sílvia La Regina Rodrigues ^a   Rodrigues, Joaquim Carlos ^a   Leone, Cláudio ^a   Silva Filho, Luiz Vicente Ribeiro Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Education; Inhalation spacers; Metered dose inhalers; Public health professional

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METERED DOSE INHALER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ASTHMA; BRAZIL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; METERED DOSE INHALERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 41549143165     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1806-37132008000100003     Document Type: Article

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