Resources to handle childhood asthma in Spain: The role of plans and guides and the participation of nurses

Úbeda-Sansano, M.I.; Garcinuño, Alfredo Cano; Rueda-Esteban, Santiago; Praena-Crespo, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.aller.2018.01.003

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“…The education given by nurses to pediatric patients improved the inhalation technique, achieving better control of the disease and use of the health system. These results confirmed that educational interventions performed by a pediatric nurse following demonstrations and face-to-face training sessions help achieve quality standards in inhalation therapy and, in turn, support the preliminary work performed at other care levels, such as primary care pediatric consultations [ 18 ]. The meta-analysis performed by Kuethe et al, recorded in the Cochrane database, confirmed that nurses could properly take on the management and review of patients with well-controlled asthma [ 19 ].…”

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The Nurse’s Role in Educating Pediatric Patients on Correct Inhaler Technique: An Interventional Study

Benito-Ruiz

Sánchez-Recio

Alijarde-Lorente

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The prevalence of pediatric respiratory diseases in Spain is 23%. Inhalation is the preferred route of administration but there are frequent errors in the performance of the inhalation technique leading a poor control of the disease. The aim of this research was to detect errors in the execution of the inhalation technique at a Pediatric Pulmonology Unit in a hospital of Aragón (Spain). In order to improve the administration of inhaled medication, an educational intervention for 1 year by nursing was conducted. This interventional study, including children aged 1 to 15 years with an inhalation therapy and who attended the Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, was conducted between September 2017 and September 2018. Logistic Regression models were conducted in SPSS. This study involved 393 children (61.1% boys). Before the intervention, 39.4% achieved a correct inhalation technique increasing up to 62.1% after the intervention. Those who had their first visit to the Unit, young children and girls had a higher risk of incorrect performance than those with subsequent visits, older children, and boys, respectively. The most common errors in the inhalation technique were not performing adequate apnoea after inhaling and not rinsing the mouth at the end of the procedure. The education given by nurses to pediatric patients improved the inhalation technique, achieving better control of the disease and use of the health system.

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confidence: 65%