N/A
N=50
Teaching Use of Respiratory Inhalers (TURI)
Asthma · COPD
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01456494 ↗Enrolled (actual)
50
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2019
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Misusing Metered-Dose Inhaler (MDI) Post Education Between Teach to Goal (TTG) and Brief Intervention (BI) — 3; 12 Participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Brief Intervention (Other); Teach-to-Goal Education (Other)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
- Primary completion
- Mar 2010
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Misusing Metered-Dose Inhaler (MDI) Post Education Between Teach to Goal (TTG) and Brief Intervention (BI) |
3; 12 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Misusing Diskus Post Education Between TTG and BI |
2; 8 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Reporting Acute Health-related Events 30 Days Post Hospital Discharge Between TTG and BI |
1; 8 | — |
| SECONDARY Differences in the Prevalence of Reported Acute Health-related Events 90 Days Post Hospital Discharge Between TTG and BI |
— | — |
| SECONDARY Self-reported Confidence With Inhaler Technique Versus Actual Technique |
6; 5 | — |
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of enrolling and randomizing patients into one of two educational interventions to teach appropriate respiratory inhaler technique and to collect preliminary estimates of the comparative effectiveness of two types of education.
Teach-to-Goal (TTG) education employs instruction followed by patient "teach-back," then repeated cycles of learning and assessment until a skill, i.e. respiratory inhaler technique, is mastered. By contrast, Brief Intervention (BI) education only consists of providing the patient with verbal and written instruction on the skill, i.e., respiratory inhaler technique.
The investigators hypothesize that hospital-based TTG compared to BI increases a patient's ability to learn respiratory inhaler technique. The investigators will test this hypothesis separately for the MDI and Diskus® devices.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- 18 years and older
- Admission to the inpatient medical service and surgical service
- Physician-diagnosed asthma or COPD
- Physician plans to discharge patients home on a metered dose inhaler (MDI; e.g., albuterol)
Exclusion Criteria
- Currently in an intensive care unit
- Physician declines to provide consent
- Patient unable to provide assent (history of cognitive impairment, unable to understand English), or declines to provide consent
- Previous participant in this study
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01456494). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.