Video vs. TTG Respiratory Inhaler Technique Assessment and InstructioN (V-TRaIN)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two different ways to teach subjects while hospitalized how to use respiratory inhalers and to follow-up after discharge home from the hospital to determine durability of the education.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02611531

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

142

Starts

2015-11-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 years and older
• Admission to the inpatient medical service and surgical service
• Physician-diagnosed COPD or asthma. We will enroll patients even if the primary reason for admission is not COPD or asthma (e.g., patients admitted for heart failure, but with a physician diagnosis of COPD are eligible).

You may not qualify if…

• Currently in an intensive care unit
• Physician declines to provide consent
• Patient unable to provide consent (e.g., history of cognitive impairment, unable to understand English) or declines to provide consent

Where it is running

• University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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