Inhalation technique at home and during demonstration in the hospital with the Diskus and Autohaler (n=27)#
Diskus | Autohaler | p-value | |
Correct inhalations at home¶ % | 44.0 (20.8–57.1) | 95.8 (87.5–100) | <0.001 |
Critical errors per patient | 14 (10–22) | 1 (0–3) | <0.001 |
Correct inhalation technique in the hospital+ | 19 (70.4) | 23 (85.2) | <0.001 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or n (%), unless otherwise stated. #: analyses are based on 636 video clips with the Diskus and 663 with the Autohaler made by 27 patients; ¶: percentage of inhalations without a critical error; +: patients who showed a correct inhalation technique during demonstration in the hospital at the end of the study period of 28 days.