Inhaler technique training and health-care professionals: Effective long-term solution for a current problem

Respiratory Care

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1716-1725

  Basheti, Iman A ^a   Qunaibi, Eyad A ^a   Hamadi, Salim A ^b   Reddel, Helen K ^c  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Petra University   (Jordan)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Education; Health care professionals; Inhaler technique; Jordan; Train the trainer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DRY POWDER INHALER; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INHALER; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METERED DOSE INHALER; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; WORKSHOP; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TIME;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; METERED DOSE INHALERS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84941362169     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02671     Document Type: Article

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