The Effect of Video Education on Inhaler Use Technique (InhalerEdu)

January 18, 2016 updated by: Romil Fenil Shah

The Effect of Video Education on Improving Inhaler Use Technique

The investigators looked at the effect that video instruction located at www.useinhalers.com would have on improving inhaler technique at a hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The investigators compared this video instruction to written Spanish inhaler education. The investigators video taped participants before and after the intervention, and graded their technique on a pre-defined rubric.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clinically-stable outpatient adults (≥18 years) with Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) with history of at least one exacerbation in last 1 year
  • Clinical diagnoses of asthma or COPD

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with language barrier (unable to understand and communicate in either English or Spanish)
  • Cognitive or physical dysfunction that, in the investigator's opinion, would interfere with completion of the study
  • Significant co-morbidity that can confound asthma symptoms - e.g. Congestive Heart Failure, current smoker, uncontrolled Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, neuromuscular disease, chest wall deformity

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Written Education
These patients were video taped before they had any inhaler education using their own inhalers. They were then given written educational materials, and given 5 minutes to read these materials. They were then re-taped for their inhaler technique.
Other: Written Document Educational Resource
A 2 page document with pictures discussing how to use an inhaler properly.
Experimental: Online Video Education
These patients were video taped before they had any inhaler education using their own inhalers. They were then given online video education located at use-inhalers.com, and were asked to complete the education (took on average 5 minutes). They were then re-taped for their inhaler technique.
Other: Online Video Education
Education which included step-by-step instruction on how to use their inhalers correctly as well as a webcam element that allowed users to see themselves practice their inhalers along with actors on screen.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Improvement in Inhaler Technique Defined by 11 point rubric which details steps and techniques necessary for proper inhaler use
Time Frame: Videos taken before educational interventions and directly after the 5-10 minutes allotted for the educational intervention. Videos will be assessed in the following months after using the 11 point rubric.
Videos taken before educational interventions and directly after the 5-10 minutes allotted for the educational intervention. Videos will be assessed in the following months after using the 11 point rubric.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Romil Fenil Shah

Collaborators

Northwestern University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 11, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 18, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

January 21, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 21, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 18, 2016

Last Verified

January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • STU00087922

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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