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Effectiveness of Interventions to Teach Respiratory Inhaler techNique (E-TRaIN)
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Teach-To-Goal and Brief Intervention for Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Completed, enrolled 120 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relative effectiveness of two different ways to teach subjects while hospitalized how to use respiratory inhalers and to follow-up after discharge home from the hospital to determine durability of the education. Teach-to-Goal (TTG) education employs instruction followed by patient "teach-back," then repeated cycles of learning and assessment until a skill is mastered. By contrast, Brief Intervention (BI) education only consists of providing the patient with verbal and written instruction. The investigators hypothesize that hospital-based TTG compared to BI increases a patient's ability to retain instructions on respiratory inhaler technique. The investigators will test this hypothesis separately for the MDI and Diskus® devices after discharge.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Participants observe a demonstration on the use of each inhaler, with corresponding verbal step-by-step instructions (demonstration, verbal instruction), then participants 'teachback" or re-demonstrate the steps; cycles are repeated are read step-by-step instructions (verbal instructions) for each respective inhaler (Metered Dose Inhaler +/- Diskus), and receive a copy of these instructions with images depicting the steps (written instructions)
Participants are read step-by-step instructions (verbal instructions) for each respective inhaler (Metered Dose Inhaler +/- Diskus), and receive a copy of these instructions with images depicting the steps (written instructions)