Feedback device vs control versus usual care: Correct inhaler technique
Feedback device may leads to higher correct inhaler technique 4‐Week compared with control versus usual care (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Feedback device vs control versus usual care Correct inhaler technique 4‐Week · adults and children with asthma Feedback device may leads to higher correct inhaler technique 4‐Week compared with control versus usual care (low certainty). Interventions to improve inhaler technique for people with asthma (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 4.8 [1.87, 12.33] | 1 study · 97 participants | Low |
Feedback device vs control versus usual care Inhaler technique (PIF) · adults and children with asthma Feedback device may leads to higher inhaler technique (PIF) compared with control versus usual care (low certainty). Interventions to improve inhaler technique for people with asthma (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 18.26 [2.22, 150.13] | 1 study · 71 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions to improve inhaler technique for people with asthma 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.