User error with diskus and turbuhaler by asthma patients and pharmacists in Jordan and Australia

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1916-1923

  Basheti, Iman A ^a   Qunaibi, Eyad ^a   Bosnic Anticevich, Sinthia Z ^b   Armour, Carol L ^b   Khater, Samar ^a   Omar, Muthana ^a   Reddel, Helen K ^b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma education; Asthma management; Inhaler technique; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISKUS; ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PHARMACIST; POWDER INHALER; STANDARDIZATION; TURBUHALER;

ADULT; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; JORDAN; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS;

EID: 82555173664     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01205     Document Type: Article

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