Avoidance of treatment failures during inhalation therapie: medical instruction versus eductation by a video

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00004320

Enrollment

150

Registered

2012-09-12

Start date

2012-12-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

J44.8

Interventions

Group 1: education video about inhalation therapy Group 2: medical instruction about inhalation therapy

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: COPD-Patients on MDI (metered dose inhaler) or DPI (dry powder inhaler), who are admitted to the Cologne-Merheim Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Patients showing neurologic, congnitive or orthopedic problems leading to disfficulties in theh correct use of independent inhalation practise. Furthermor patients with no relevant failures of inhalation therapy (index < 2 points).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement in handling errors of inhalation therapie measured by a questionnaire. It is hypothesized that the education viedo is as effective compared to medical instruction avoidung handling errors after 24h.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
In line to primary outcome a subanalysis will be performed regarding two differnt devices for inhaltaion: metered dose inhaler and dry powder inhaler.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactJan Hendrik Storre

Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH Lungenklinik

storrej@kliniken-koeln.de0049 221 89070

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026