scholarly journals Correction to: Patients’ usability of seven most used dry-powder inhalers in COPD

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto W. Dal Negro ◽  
Paola Turco ◽  
Massimiliano Povero
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Dry Powder Inhalers ◽  
Original Research Article ◽  
Dry Powder ◽  
Intrinsic Resistance ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Copd Patients ◽  
Basic Characteristics

Correction to: Multidiscip RespirMed (2019) 14:30 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40248-019-0192-5After publication of the Original research article [1] it was brought to our attention that the sentence at the bottom of the section entitled Discussion (pag 6 of 9, just below Fig. 4) must be corrected as follows: “In real life, DPIs are highly prescribed in Italian COPD patients being their prescription usually independent of their known basic characteristics and technical differences, such as the different number of main actions required for their actuation (7 for Breezhaler, 4 for Turbohaler, and 3 for the remaining devices),” and their intrinsic resistance, ranging from 0.017 kPa0.5 L/min to 0.039 kPa0 .5 L/min [28, 29].

scholarly journals Patients' usability of seven most used dry-powder inhalers in COPD

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto W. Dal Negro ◽  
Paola Turco ◽  
Massimiliano Povero
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Comparison ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Dry Powder Inhalers ◽  
Dry Powder ◽  
Inhalation Devices ◽  
Therapeutic Outcomes ◽  
Copd Patients ◽  
Specialist Centre ◽  
Ranking Order

Introduction: Inhalation devices affect both the effectiveness and the therapeutic outcomes in persistent airway obstruction, and the effects are largely independent of the drug(s) assumed. Usability is a complex and comprehensive indicator of inhalation devices’ performance. The Global Usability Score (GUS) Questionnaire is an investigational tool designed to assess objectively the patients’-related and unrelated domains of devices’ usability. Methods: The GUS questionnaire was administered to all consecutive COPD patients referring for three months to the Lung Unit of CEMS Specialist Centre (Verona, Italy). The usability of seven Dry Powder Inhalers (DPIs) indicated as appropriate in COPD was tested and compared: Breezhaler, Diskus, Ellipta, Genuair, Nexthaler, Spiromax, and Turbohaler. Patients were divided in two groups, checked separately, according to their DPIs previous experience. A Bayesian Indirect Comparison (IC) model was built to assess “global usability” ranking. Results: A total of 103 patients were investigated: 74 patients already instructed in DPI use and 29 naive to DPIs. IC analysis proved Ellipta as the device characterized by the highest usability, while Breezhaler the device with the lowest usability in both groups of COPD patients (both with probability > 90%). Moreover, Turbohaler ranked second according to the Bayesian pooling, followed by Diskus, Spiromax, Nexthaler, and Genuair in patients already instructed in DPI use, while the ranking order was not as much well defined in naïve patients, likely due to their too small sample. Conclusions: Usability is a multifaceted indicator that contributes to assess the factual DPIs’ convenience in real life. DPIs are characterized by different levels of real-life usability, which can be checked, compared and ranked by means of the GUS score.

scholarly journals Original Research Article (Experimental)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinky Mudiar ◽  
Varsha Kelkar-Mane
Keyword(s):  
Original Research ◽  
Original Research Article ◽  
Research Article

scholarly journals Erratum

2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 404-404
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Original Research Article ◽  
Research Article

Erratum—Vol 51, No 3, March 2006, the Original Research article entitled “The Epidemiology of Psychological Problems in the Elderly” by David L Streiner, John Cairney, and Scott Veldhuizen. Tables 1 and 2 contained formatting errors and are reprinted below. We apologize for the errors and any inconvenience they may have caused. [Table: see text][Table: see text]

Original research article. Values of a Sign in the Theory and Philosophy of Physical Culture in Matić Work

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-86
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kebin
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Physical Culture ◽  
Original Research Article ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Philosophical Aspect

Summary The 80th anniversary of the birth of dr Milivoje Matić is a trigger for a reassessment of his contribution to physical culture. By individually analysing Matić’s contributions in each of his works between 1961 and 1998, we come to the conclusion that in some of his publications exist sparks of “philosophical fragments”, which are necessary for comprehending the author’s belief that Matić has made it possible to discuss a possibility of a philosophical aspect and a constitution of the philosophy of physical culture in our country. M. Matić gives pointers which signify an event which would be prognostic on a permanent progress in our profession, in the context of education as a whole, domestically and abroad.In this discussion, the topic of Matić’s contribution to the analysis of physical education in the philosophy of physical culture, and in the context of the sign of direction in the domestic education reform, the domestic physical education reform should be observed and analysed from the aspect of transversal connections which repeatedly link deliberation of the theory and practice of physical education.

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