Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Clinical history of asthma symptoms. - Age 6 through 18 years. - Children who are starting with inhaled corticosteroid medication or have the age and maturity to switch their inhaled corticosteroid medication to Diskus® or Autohaler®. - Ability to perform inhalation technique after instruction with Diskus® and Autohaler®. - Ability to record and send video clips of inhalation technique with an iPad®.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Children who used or had been trained before with Diskus or Autohaler®. - Other cardiac or pulmonary comorbidity.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Differences in sustainability of inhalation technique of Diskus® and Autohaler® in the home situation. This will be measured with the inhalation checklist for the Diskus® and Autohaler®. Endpoint will be the difference in the percentage of at least one critical errors, on one or more days, with Autohaler® versus Diskus® in the home situation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| * Differences in sustainability of inhalation technique between Flixotide Diskus® and Qvar Autohaler®, scored with the inhalation checklist, as demonstrated in the hospital with inhalation technique as videotaped in the home. Endpoint will be the difference in score for critical errors between inhalation techniques demonstrated in the hospital with inhalation technique as videotaped in the home. * Difference in device preference in children at visit 1 and 2 measured with the self administered questionnaire for device preference. The endpoint will be the difference in outcome for device preference between visit 1 and 2. * Difference in what determines the choice of device for a child at visit 1 and 2 measured with the self made questionnaire for importance and satisfaction of device attributes. The endpoint will be the difference in outcomes for importance and satisfaction of device attributes between visit 1 and 2. * Difference in device preference of the NP at visit 1 and 2 before and after the use of the Inhalation manager®. The endpoint will be the difference for device preference before and after using the Inhalation manager®. | — |
Countries
Netherlands