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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Assessment of Inhalation Technique in Children in General Practice: Increased Risk of Incorrect Performance with New Device

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Pages 67-71 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

In a general practice based population 76% of 530 children inhaling asthma medication inhaled correctly. However, important differences among inhalers were found. Children with a pressurized metered-dose inhaler without a spacer device performed worst, with only 22% inhaling without essential errors. At a second evaluation of the inhaler technique, one year after the first assessment, performances with a new device were more often incorrect versus the unchanged devices (21.1% and 10.8%, respectively; p = 0.01). Providing children with a new device should be carefully controlled over time especially because these children are error prone.

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