Adherence to inhaler technique among children with asthma

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the review was to gather evidence about the adherence to inhaler techniques among children with asthma. Study design: A systematic review. Method: A structured literature search was done using various electronic database MEDLINE; PubMed and Procast. Result: Total 25 studies were shortlisted, from which 15 of them with proper methodology were reviewed and reported. Studies included Randomized control trail, experimental studies, observation study, cross sectional study, prospective observational study, Randomized controlled OUTERSPACE trial. Studies reported that adherence to asthma controller therapy showed that the adherence is based on the parenteral perception and positive approach towards the inhaler therapy and many of them showed that the poor adherence. And the Electronic device monitoring is a way that helping the caregivers and children using video directly observed therapy (DOT), electronic monitoring with a digital smart spacer support, connected inhaler system (CIS), comprising clip-on inhaler sensors, a patient-facing app and a healthcare professional (HCP) dashboard, electronic monitoring devices, electronic monitoring device with audio-visual reminder showed improvement in adherence to inhaler techniques among the children and caregivers.