V Knipel 1 , C P Criée 2 , W Windisch 1 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Inhalation therapy is well recognized as a cornerstone treatment of airway diseases. In daily practice, however, high failure rates of inhalation technique are evident, which substantially attenuates the treatment success. METHODS: In 2011 the German Airway League has initiated the production of video screens for correct inhalation aimed at providing an efficient and globally available platform for information. All devices regularly used have been filmed and published via internet and DVD; thereby, video screens, spoken text passages, and visual insertion of information have been combined. Here, all important steps of inhalation therapy like preparation, performance, and termination have been covered. RESULTS: Video screens of 20 different devices lasting between 1:42 and 3:11 min:sec have been produced between July 2011 and January 2013 and published on the YouTube channel of the German Airway League with more than 70.000 clicks so far (27. February 2013). CONCLUSIONS: Pragmatic, internet-based video screens on the correct inhalation therapy are available and are cost-free. Further studies aimed at evaluating the benefits of these screens are necessary. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
BACKGROUND: Inhalation therapy is well recognized as a cornerstone treatment of airway diseases. In daily practice, however, high failure rates of inhalation technique are evident, which substantially attenuates the treatment success. METHODS: In 2011 the German Airway League has initiated the production of video screens for correct inhalation aimed at providing an efficient and globally available platform for information. All devices regularly used have been filmed and published via internet and DVD; thereby, video screens, spoken text passages, and visual insertion of information have been combined. Here, all important steps of inhalation therapy like preparation, performance, and termination have been covered. RESULTS: Video screens of 20 different devices lasting between 1:42 and 3:11 min:sec have been produced between July 2011 and January 2013 and published on the YouTube channel of the German Airway League with more than 70.000 clicks so far (27. February 2013). CONCLUSIONS: Pragmatic, internet-based video screens on the correct inhalation therapy are available and are cost-free. Further studies aimed at evaluating the benefits of these screens are necessary. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
Entities: Chemical
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Year: 2013
PMID： 23463529 DOI： 10.1055/s-0032-1326216
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pneumologie ISSN： 0934-8387