The Effect of Demonstration and Video Viewing Education on Metered Dose Inhaler Usage Skills in Asthma Patients

In the treatment of respiratory diseases such as COPD and asthma, bronchodilators and steroids, which are essential drugs, are preferred to be administered by inhalation compared to oral and parenteral routes. In the studies conducted with the use of inhaler drugs, it is seen that many wrong practices have been made regarding the techniques of using the inhaler drugs and that the correct usage techniques are not followed. Inability to use the inhaler device fully and correctly; It causes consequences such as failure to control the disease, increase in drug use and side effects, increase in exacerbations, high hospitalization and waste of drugs, both undermining the trust in treatment and putting an extra burden on the health expenditures of the countries. This research aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of the training given with the demonstration method and video watching method for the use of the Metered Dose Inhaler (MDI) in asthmatic patients, and to ensure that the patients learn the correct inhaler use techniques.

Inclusion Criteria:Have a confirmed asthma diagnosisbe 18 years or older,Using MDI,Volunteer to participate in the research.Patients who do not have communication problems,Patients who can make video calls,Exclusion Criteria:Not complying with the principle of volunteeringAnswering data collection forms incompletelyPatients who did not answer calls for the last test and could not be reached