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- Title
Combined inhalers salbutamol and steroid versus isolated its uses in adults' asthmatic patients.
- Abstract
Inhaled long acting B2-agonist combined with inhaled steroid being longed used in chronic persistent bronchial asthma as a therapy to reduce the needs for admission to hospital and to improve quality of life instead of isolated single uses. Patients and Methods: Two hundred Seven patients with chronic persistent bronchial asthma on variety of inhalers, enrolled randomly in this study, One hundred Twenty (58.0%) were female and Eighty Seven (42.0%) were male, their ages range from sixteen to seventy five with mean ages (45.59±14.67) year's. type of inhalers used, dose, control with a question about admission to hospital, adherence to inhalers, confidents and recording the parameter of pulmonary function test FEV1, FVC and PEFR while patients on own inhalers type used. Results: In this study there are statistically significant different between, single and combined inhalers in chronic persistent asthma (p value0.005)in FEV1LFVC but not between the types of combined inhalers (p.value 0.12), age in both types of comparisons indicate no statistically significant effects(p value 0.85,0.47) respectively. Conclusions: combined inhalers therapy for patients with persistent asthma superior for either alone, preferred and confident by patients; ages of patients neither significantly alter the response nor the patients desire.
- Subjects
IRAQ; DRUG therapy for asthma; STEROIDS; COMBINATION drug therapy; PATIENT compliance; PULMONARY function tests; CROSS-sectional method; VITAL capacity (Respiration); STATISTICAL sampling; TREATMENT effectiveness; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHRONIC diseases; INHALATION administration; EXPIRATORY flow; LONGITUDINAL method; QUALITY of life; NEBULIZERS &; vaporizers; FORCED expiratory volume; RESEARCH methodology; ALBUTEROL; DRUGS; DATA analysis software; CONFIDENCE intervals; DRUG dosage; DRUG administration; ADULTS
- Publication
Iranian Journal of War & Public Health, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2008-2622
- Publication type
Article