Assessment of Medical Student’s Knowledge on Metered Dose Inhaler Technique and Asthma in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) - Year 2016, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: The treatment failure in asthma patients may result from the incorrect use of metered-dose inhalers. This may be because of a lack of counselling by the health care professionals and most paradoxical fact that, lots of them are unknown with the correct technique and asthma management. Objective: To determine knowledge of the M.B.B.S students regarding asthma and metered dose inhaler technique and to analyse the effect of a single educational intervention. Methods: Cross sectional, single interventional study included 114 second year MBBS students to fill asthma questionnaire (17 questions) before and after educational session. Randomly 60 students were selected to demonstrate steps of Metered dose inhaler (MDI) in pre and post educational session on same day. Results: There were 40.35% male and 59.65% female students in age group 18 to 21 years. All students answered ≥ 7 questions in pre-test and ≥14 in post- test session of asthma questionnaire. Statistically significant improvement was seen in post-test session of asthma questionnaire and MDI technique demonstration (p value <0.0001). Among the 6 essential steps, Breath out slowly and Hold breath for 10–20 sec were incorrectly performed steps by 90% and 87% subjects respectively, in pre-test session while 40% students failed to Hold breath for 10–20 sec in post-test. Conclusion: The study reveals the poor status of knowledge of MDI and asthma among medical students. The educational session along with demonstration through audio-visual material has significant positive impact.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Rekha Y. Aherkar, Dr. Chetanraj G. Bhamare, Dr. Balasaheb B Ghongane3, Dr. Pradeep K. Deshpande4
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