Department of Pharmaceutical Management, School of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Undergraduate Program, School of Pharmacy, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
J Asthma. 2024 Aug;61(8):835-846. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2024.2306622. Epub 2024 Feb 5.
Efficient asthma management necessitates optimal usage of metered-dose inhalers (MDIs). As future health professionals, pharmacy students are pivotal in disseminating accurate methodologies for MDI usage. Despite having hands-on experience, there is room to enhance their comprehension, highlighting the need for prompt patient educational interventions.
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile app-assisted educational method in improving pharmacy students' understanding of MDI usage.
A pre-experimental study was conducted from March to August 2021 with 45 participants enrolled in the Pharmacist Professional Study Program at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. Using a one-group pretest-post-test design, the study measured the app's impact on students' knowledge and MDI usage skills.
The intervention significantly improved students' scores on a 9-step MDI usage checklist, with increases ranging from 0.10 to 0.50 across verbal and motor components. A Mann-Whitney U test validated these findings, showing a statistically significant -value of 0.001.
The mobile app-assisted educational approach substantially enhanced pharmacy students' proficiency in MDI use. The significant rise in mean scores for the 9-step checklist, along with the notable p-value, supports the effectiveness of this intervention in healthcare education.
高效的哮喘管理需要优化使用计量吸入器（MDI）。作为未来的医疗保健专业人员，药学专业的学生在传播 MDI 使用的准确方法方面起着关键作用。尽管他们有实践经验，但仍有提高他们理解能力的空间，这突出了需要及时对患者进行教育干预。
本研究旨在评估移动应用程序辅助教育方法在提高药学专业学生对 MDI 使用理解方面的有效性。
2021 年 3 月至 8 月，在日惹穆罕默迪亚大学医学与健康科学学院药学专业学习的 45 名学生参与了一项预实验研究。采用单组前后测试设计，该研究衡量了该应用程序对学生知识和 MDI 使用技能的影响。
干预措施显著提高了学生在 9 步 MDI 使用检查表上的得分，言语和运动部件的得分分别提高了 0.10 到 0.50。曼-惠特尼 U 检验验证了这些发现，显示出统计学上显著的 - 值为 0.001。
移动应用程序辅助教育方法极大地提高了药学专业学生使用 MDI 的熟练度。9 步检查表的平均分显著提高，且 p 值显著，支持这种干预措施在医疗保健教育中的有效性。
