Compliance with medication · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Summary of findings: multimedia education showed no clear difference in compliance with medication (different measures used by the studies:… compared with no education or usual care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Skill acquisition Inhaler technique (scored 0 to 100 and reported as change in score from baseline) · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Compliance with medication · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Health outcomes Peak expiratory flow readings (higher readings indicate better peak flow) · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
QoL · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Self‐efficacy · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Health outcomes: Drug misuse and dependence CAGE screening tool. Scale from 0 to 4. Higher score indicates greater probability of drug misuse or dependence · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Medication side effects ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Quality of life ‐ not measured · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Self‐efficacy Self‐efficacy for medication adherence (higher score indicates greater self‐efficacy, scale not reported) · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
1 finding from 1 review
Knowledge · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: multimedia education changes knowledge (number whose knowledge score improved) compared with written education (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number who improved on skill (global inhaler technique rating) · patients taking prescribed and over‐the‐counter medications or their carers
Summary of findings: multimedia education probably leads to higher number who improved on skill (global inhaler technique rating) compared with written education (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations leading to ED visits · children with asthma
1 finding from 1 review
Mean exacerbations requiring a course of oral corticosteroids · children with asthma
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations leading to ED visits · patients with children with asthma
1 finding from 1 review
Mean exacerbations requiring a course of oral corticosteroids · patients with children with asthma
1 finding from 1 review