A protocol for a randomised clinical trial of the effect of providing feedback on inhaler technique and adherence from an electronic device in patients with poorly controlled severe asthma

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sulaiman, Imran ^a   Hale, Elaine Mac ^a   Holmes, Martin ^b   Hughes, Cian ^b   D'Arcy, Shona ^b   Taylor, Terrence ^b   Rapcan, Viliam ^b   Doyle, Frank ^a   Breathnach, Aoife ^a   Seheult, Jansen ^a   Murphy, Desmond ^c   Hunt, Eoin ^c   Lane, Stephen J ^d   Sahadevan, Abhilash ^d   Crispino, Gloria ^a   Diette, Greg ^e   Killane, Isabelle ^b   Reilly, Richard B ^b   Costello, Richard W ^f  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

^d ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; SALMETEROL; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRY POWDER INHALER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INHALER; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAINING; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METHODOLOGY; NEBULIZER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84960349801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009350     Document Type: Article

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