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Table 1 Brief summary of interventions in first and second levels

From: Efficacy of an educational intervention in primary health care in inhalation techniques: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Second level: professionals (GPs)

First level: patients

Content

Inhalation technique workshop:

Inhalation technique workshop:

• Step-by-step correct technique demonstration (how)

• Step-by-step correct technique demonstration (how)

• Explanation of each step for each device (why)

• Explanation of each step for each device (why)

Who applies the intervention

Research team

GPs from the intervention group

Who receives the intervention

GPs from the intervention group

Patients with COPD from the intervention group

  1. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GP general practitioner