Lee Jong Kyung, Yang Young Hee
Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea.
J Korean Acad Nurs. 2010 Apr;40(2):202-12. doi: 10.4040/jkan.2010.40.2.202.
This study was done to evaluate the effectiveness of an education program for patients with asthma who use inhalers.
The research design for this study was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental study. Participants in this study were 36 patients for the control group, and 43 patients for the experimental group. The experimental group participated in the education program. The control group received the usual care. Data were collected before and 1 month and 2 months after the program finished and were analyzed using the SPSS 12.0 program.
The experimental group had significantly higher scores of knowledge of inhalers, and inhalation technique compared to the control group. However, no significant differences were found between two groups for PEFR, asthma instability, and satisfaction with inhalers.
According to the results, the education program was effective in improving knowledge of inhalers, and inhalation technique. Therefore, it is recommended that this education program be used in clinical practice as an effective nursing intervention for patients with asthma on inhalers.
本研究旨在评估针对使用吸入器的哮喘患者的教育项目的有效性。
本研究的研究设计为非等效对照组准实验研究。本研究的参与者中，对照组有36名患者，实验组有43名患者。实验组参与了教育项目。对照组接受常规护理。在项目结束前、结束后1个月和2个月收集数据，并使用SPSS 12.0程序进行分析。
与对照组相比，实验组在吸入器知识和吸入技术方面的得分显著更高。然而，两组在呼气峰流速（PEFR）、哮喘不稳定情况以及对吸入器的满意度方面未发现显著差异。
根据结果，该教育项目在提高吸入器知识和吸入技术方面是有效的。因此，建议将该教育项目作为对使用吸入器的哮喘患者的一种有效的护理干预措施应用于临床实践。
