Kathryn DiLosa, Christina Brown, Ganesh Rajasekar, Miriam Nuno, Misty D Humphries
Provider ankle brachial index and wound classification teaching as part of a comprehensive limb preservation outreach program
Journal of vascular surgery
one reason asthma remains poorly controlled children poor inhaler technique guidelines recommend checking inhaler technique clinical visit however specify best train children mastery correct inhaler technique many children simply shown use inhalers results less 50 correct inhaler technique aim scoping review explore published literature teaching methods used train children master correct inhaler technique searched inception onwards medline embase scopus web science cinahl cochrane library included quantitative studies eg randomised controlled trials cohort studies casecontrol studies published 1956 present teaching inhaler technique children asthma data extracted onto data charting table create descriptive summary results data synthesised descriptive statistics visual mapping thirtythree papers identified full text analysis educational interventions found taking place variety clinical areas range healthcare professional disciplines briefinstruction teachback identified two primary methods providing inhaler technique training majority papers secondary themes identified use written instruction physical demonstration video demonstrations andor use inhaler devices augment inhaler technique training variety means inhaler technique taught children methods likely applicable inhaler types often involve form physical demonstration children ages trained use inhaler correctly range healthcare professionals analysed effectiveness different interventions described trialled attempt focus attentions may potentially work best majority methods dichotomised either briefintervention teachback based analysis scoping review consider following areas future research many times given intervention done order desired effect duration intervention need continue longlasting effect best outcome measure inhaler technique systematic review registration open science framework osfion7kcw