Incorrect use of inhalation devices among patients with bronchial asthma. A hospital-based cross-sectional study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Carlos Leonardo Carvalho PessôaMaria Julia da Silva MattosArtur Renato Moura AlhoMarianna Martini FischmannAna Carolina Castro CôrtesFlávio de Oliveira MendesBruno Mendes HaerdySandra Mara Silva BrignolPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2018)
Less than half of the sample performed the inhalation technique correctly. Incorrect inhalation technique was related to lower number of evaluations of the use of the inhalation device and uncontrolled asthma.