Abougalambou Salwa Selim, Albarrak Ghada Saleh, Abougalambou Ayman S
Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacy College, Ahram CanadianUniversity, Egypt.
Pharm D. Pharmacy College, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
Pharm Pract (Granada). 2022 Jan-Mar;20(1):2604. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2022.1.2604. Epub 2022 Jan 10.
Asthma is an important public health problem worldwide on account of its prevalence. Education of asthmatic patients about appropriate using of MDIs would be more effective medications.
To assess the appropriateness of using MDIs among asthmatic patients and to determine the factors significantly associated with correct use of MDI.
A descriptive study was conducted on 399 asthmatic patients on internet on Google from 28th October to 28th November 2015. A questionnaire was filled out and SPSS version 21 was used for data analysis. Standard method was used to obtain descriptive statistic comprising means, percentage and standard deviations in order to describe demographic variables. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used to compare means of contentious and categorical variables of demographic characteristics and medical background with using MDIs and find association between them. P-value of 0.05 and less were regarded as statistically significant.
In the studied sample, 87% were age less than 45 years, 74% of cases were females. About 92% of cases were higher and above level of education. More than half of subjects had asthma for more than five years. There were 36% of patients using MDI. Only a few patients (12%) had the correct all skills using MDIs. There were significant association between using MDIs with age and duration of asthma (p=<0.001).
Despite the well-known fact that a good MDI technique is of greatest importance, Majority of asthmatic patients have poor skills of MDI appropriate use. Incorrect MDIs technique is common among asthma patients. Health care professional must be focused on training on use MDI among the younger and newly diagnosis asthmatic patients. This indicating the need for regular formal training programmes on inhaler techniques so as to decipher correct practices in inhalation therapy.
由于哮喘的患病率，它是全球一个重要的公共卫生问题。对哮喘患者进行关于正确使用定量吸入器（MDIs）的教育会使药物更有效。
评估哮喘患者使用MDIs的恰当性，并确定与正确使用MDIs显著相关的因素。
2015年10月28日至11月28日在谷歌上对399名哮喘患者进行了一项描述性研究。填写了一份问卷，并使用SPSS 21版进行数据分析。采用标准方法获得描述性统计数据，包括均值、百分比和标准差，以描述人口统计学变量。使用方差分析（ANOVA）测试来比较人口统计学特征和医学背景的连续性和分类变量与使用MDIs的均值，并找出它们之间的关联。P值小于或等于0.05被视为具有统计学意义。
在研究样本中，87%的患者年龄小于45岁，74%的病例为女性。约92%的病例教育程度在高中及以上。超过一半的受试者患哮喘超过五年。有36%的患者使用MDIs。只有少数患者（12%）具备正确使用MDIs的所有技能。使用MDIs与年龄和哮喘病程之间存在显著关联（p<0.001）。
尽管众所周知良好的MDIs技术至关重要，但大多数哮喘患者正确使用MDIs的技能较差。不正确的MDIs技术在哮喘患者中很常见。医疗保健专业人员必须专注于对年轻和新诊断的哮喘患者进行MDIs使用培训。这表明需要定期开展关于吸入器技术的正规培训项目，以解读吸入治疗中的正确操作。
