Impact of Advanced Patient Counseling Using a Training Device and Smartphone Application on Asthma Control

• Published in: Respiratory care Vol. 65; no. 3; p. 326
• Main Authors: Saeed, Haitham, Abdelrahim, Mohamed Ea, Rabea, Hoda, Salem, Heba F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Administration, Inhalation; Adult; Asthma - drug therapy; Bronchodilator Agents - administration & dosage; Counseling; Female; Humans; Lung - physiopathology; Male; Metered Dose Inhalers; Middle Aged; Mobile Applications; Respiratory Function Tests; Smartphone; Vital Capacity; salbutamol; total emitted dose; asthma; asthma control; counseling; pMDI

Pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) are among the most commonly used aerosol delivery devices. Poor lung deposition from a pMDI is often a result of incorrect inhalation technique. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of combining a newly released training device with a smartphone a...