PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradovic
AU  - Dragica Pesut
AU  - Dejana Vukovic
AU  - Jovana Maskovic
TI  - Patients' knowledge about inhalation therapy in pulmology – One year after intervention
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - p2852
VI  - 38
IP  - Suppl 55
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2852.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p2852.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2011 Sep 01; 38
AB  - Background: Inhalation therapy (IT) is important in successful treatment in pulmonology.Aim: To compare the knowledge about IT in patients (Pts) with asthma or COPD, before and one year after the education was given.Method: In January 2010 and January 2011, we used anonymous self created six-item questionnaire to interview the same group of 56 Pts who were treated with IT at University hospital (average age 56±12 years). We used McNemar test for statistical analysis.Results: The number and proportion of Pts with correct technique or positive answers is shown in Table where p<0.01 = significant difference; NS = not significant.View this table:Table 1 - ResultsConclusions: One year after education, the Pts significantly corrected their technique of using IT and their misconception about using IT only in severe degree of disease is decreased. Although improved, the knowledge related to the other items requires further patients' education.