Asthma
Conditions
Keywords
inhaler technique, compliance
Brief summary
To investigate the effectiveness of addition of recording video of the patient performing inhaler techniques using mobile phone for discussion with the patient, to standard care inhaler education compared to standard care inhaler education alone, in improving inhaler technique of asthma patients.
Detailed description
This is a single-centre, randomized, controlled, parallel group, assessor-blinded trial to evaluate the effectiveness of Personalized Mobile Phone Video Recording in addition to standard care, compared to standard care alone, in improving inhaler technique among patients with asthma. Patients are randomised to either Personalized Video Recording with standard clinical practice group (intervention) or to standard clinical practice group (control) in 1:1 ratio. Subject's inhaler technique assessment is performed by using a standard checklist of steps according to the type of inhaler used by subject. All inhaler technique assessment and asthma control questionnaire will be administered before the intervention/control treatment by a blinded assessor. Both intervention and control treatment will be administered by the same investigators.
Interventions
PROCEDUREPersonalized Mobile Phone Video Recording
Subjects will be asked to perform inhaler technique while on video recording. The video will be shown to subjects immediately during technique education session and mistakes (if any) will be pointed out to subject.
Sponsors
Penang Hospital, Malaysia
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
All outcome assessment - inhaler technique assessment and asthma control questionnaire will be administered by a blinded assessor.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. 18 years old and above 2. Informed consent 3. Established clinical diagnosis of asthma by patient's treating doctor 4. Prescribed with inhalers (any type) for therapeutic indication for at least 3 months
Exclusion criteria
1. Unable to converse/understand Malay or English 2. Not able to perform inhalation on his/her own self 3. Using spacer/valved holding chamber in addition to MDI 4. Not able to comply with study procedures in the opinion of investigators 5. More than two different types of inhaler which require different techniques
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inhaler Technique | 6 months | Correct inhaler technique (able to do all the steps of inhaler technique, as stipulated in checklist of subject's inhaler) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asthma Control | 1, 3 and 6 months | Mean score of Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) |
| Inhaler Technique | 1 and 3 months | Correct inhaler technique (able to do all the steps of inhaler technique, as stipulated in checklist of subject's inhaler) |
| Inhaler Technique Error | 1, 3 and 6 months | Number of errors committed by patients according to checklist |
Countries
Malaysia
Contacts
Primary ContactChoon Seong Ang, MBChB
Outcome results
None listed