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Filter by:Asthma rates are high and asthma control is greatly reduced in Black, Medicaid-insured adults, due in part to their poor adherence to inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), which in turn may be due to erroneous health beliefs about asthma and negative beliefs regarding ICS. A brief shared decision-making intervention for use by primary care providers in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) has the potential to be a novel avenue to greatly improve asthma control in this high-risk patient group.
The evidence for poor inhaler technique is both well established and observed worldwide. What is unclear from the evidence is why individuals demonstrate poor technique, despite the majority admitting to having previously had instruction on inhaler technique. The primary research question is 'Will there be a difference between post education inhaler technique scores when comparing structured education against informal education?' To try and establish why individuals use inhalers incorrectly a semi structured interview is proposed
Primary objective: The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of the products under investigation on functional respiratory imaging parameters and evaluate the particle deposition with Computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Secondary Objectives: The secondary objectives of this study were to assess the effect of test product and reference product on: - lung function (spirometry and body plethysmography), - exercise capacity (6-Minute Walking Test [6MWT] or equivalent method to measure exercise tolerance), - dyspnea (Borg Category [C] Ratio [R] 10 [Borg CR10] scale and Visual Analogue Scale [VAS] dyspnea). Furthermore, the safety of the test product and reference product was evaluated through monitoring of AEs throughout the study.