Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals
Background: Proper inhaler device usage is paramount for control of underlying obstructive airway disease. Hence, education to healthcare professionals who will eventually educate patients need to be done effectively. We developed an application for mobile devices for education on six medical inhale...
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| author | Puah, Ser Hon Goh, Chee Yen Chan, Chung Leung Teoh, Amy Kui Jie Zhang, Hao Shen, Zhiqi Neo, Lay Ping |
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| author_facet | School of Computer Science and Engineering Puah, Ser Hon Goh, Chee Yen Chan, Chung Leung Teoh, Amy Kui Jie Zhang, Hao Shen, Zhiqi Neo, Lay Ping |
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| description | Background: Proper inhaler device usage is paramount for control of underlying obstructive airway disease. Hence, education to healthcare professionals who will eventually educate patients need to be done effectively. We developed an application for mobile devices for education on six medical inhaler devices, the metered-dose inhaler (MDI), Turbuhaler, Accuhaler, Breezhaler, Ellipta and Respimat, and studied if there were any difference between the application and the manufacturer’s instructions on inhaler technique. The aim of this study is to see if inhaler education via a mobile phone app is comparable to manual instruction for health care professions.
Methods: Participants, who were nursing students, were randomized to learn the inhaler devices via the manufacturer’s instruction guide or a mobile device app designed specifically for education on inhaler devices.
Results: There were 45 participants in each group. 78% of them were females with a median age of 21 (IQR 3). 67% used an Apple mobile device and the remainder used an Android device. The mobile device showed better total improvement points for the Turbuhaler device (262 vs 287 points; P = 0.02). Participants learning from the manufacturer’s guide had a significantly higher total improvement points in the Breezhaler (370 vs 327 points; P < 0.01) and Ellipta (214 vs 174 points; P < 0.01) device. Both interventions showed improvement in total scores for demonstrating the correct usage of all inhaler devices. MDI has the least number of correct steps for both interventions. The participants’ reported their mean (SD) self-rated knowledge was significantly higher for those using the app for all devices as compared to those that did not (4.33 (0.68) vs 4.73 (0.42); P = < 0.01). Self-reported confidence level was found to be higher in the mobile app group, but this was not statistically significant. The app was well received and scored of 4.42 of 5 with regards to its quality.
Conclusion: Using a mobile inhaler app is just as effective to teach inhaler device techniques to healthcare professionals and is likely a more convenient, versatile and important adjunct to learning. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1613582022-08-29T06:14:26Z Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals Puah, Ser Hon Goh, Chee Yen Chan, Chung Leung Teoh, Amy Kui Jie Zhang, Hao Shen, Zhiqi Neo, Lay Ping School of Computer Science and Engineering Joint NTU-UBC Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY) Engineering::Computer science and engineering Mobile Application Inhaler Device Background: Proper inhaler device usage is paramount for control of underlying obstructive airway disease. Hence, education to healthcare professionals who will eventually educate patients need to be done effectively. We developed an application for mobile devices for education on six medical inhaler devices, the metered-dose inhaler (MDI), Turbuhaler, Accuhaler, Breezhaler, Ellipta and Respimat, and studied if there were any difference between the application and the manufacturer’s instructions on inhaler technique. The aim of this study is to see if inhaler education via a mobile phone app is comparable to manual instruction for health care professions. Methods: Participants, who were nursing students, were randomized to learn the inhaler devices via the manufacturer’s instruction guide or a mobile device app designed specifically for education on inhaler devices. Results: There were 45 participants in each group. 78% of them were females with a median age of 21 (IQR 3). 67% used an Apple mobile device and the remainder used an Android device. The mobile device showed better total improvement points for the Turbuhaler device (262 vs 287 points; P = 0.02). Participants learning from the manufacturer’s guide had a significantly higher total improvement points in the Breezhaler (370 vs 327 points; P < 0.01) and Ellipta (214 vs 174 points; P < 0.01) device. Both interventions showed improvement in total scores for demonstrating the correct usage of all inhaler devices. MDI has the least number of correct steps for both interventions. The participants’ reported their mean (SD) self-rated knowledge was significantly higher for those using the app for all devices as compared to those that did not (4.33 (0.68) vs 4.73 (0.42); P = < 0.01). Self-reported confidence level was found to be higher in the mobile app group, but this was not statistically significant. The app was well received and scored of 4.42 of 5 with regards to its quality. Conclusion: Using a mobile inhaler app is just as effective to teach inhaler device techniques to healthcare professionals and is likely a more convenient, versatile and important adjunct to learning. This project was funded by the Ng Teng Fong Healthcare Innovation Programme. Open access funding was provided by the Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Department, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. 2022-08-29T06:14:26Z 2022-08-29T06:14:26Z 2022 Journal Article Puah, S. H., Goh, C. Y., Chan, C. L., Teoh, A. K. J., Zhang, H., Shen, Z. & Neo, L. P. (2022). Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals. BMC Medical Education, 22(1), 238-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03302-0 1472-6920 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161358 10.1186/s12909-022-03302-0 35366867 2-s2.0-85127484699 1 22 238 en BMC Medical Education © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativeco mmons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Engineering::Computer science and engineering Mobile Application Inhaler Device Puah, Ser Hon Goh, Chee Yen Chan, Chung Leung Teoh, Amy Kui Jie Zhang, Hao Shen, Zhiqi Neo, Lay Ping Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| title | Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| title_full | Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| title_fullStr | Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| title_short | Mobile device: a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| title_sort | mobile device a useful tool to teach inhaler devices to healthcare professionals |
| topic | Engineering::Computer science and engineering Mobile Application Inhaler Device |
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