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. 2017 Feb 2:4:2333794X17690315.
doi: 10.1177/2333794X17690315. eCollection 2017.

The Use of Home Spirometry in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Results of a Feasibility Study

Aarti Shakkottai  1 , Samya Z Nasr  1
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The Use of Home Spirometry in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Results of a Feasibility Study

Aarti Shakkottai et al. Glob Pediatr Health. .

Abstract

Medication adherence is poor among pediatric cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, with adolescents having one of the lowest adherence rates. We wanted to identify an adherence intervention that would be acceptable to CF adolescents and assess its feasibility. We surveyed 40 adolescents with CF and asked about barriers to and motivators for their own adherence and to generate ideas for potential adherence interventions. Since most of the respondents chose frequent spirometry at home and medication reminders for interventions, we selected 5 subjects, 10 to 14 years of age, with CF to test the feasibility of home spirometry and medication reminders in pediatric CF patients. This article summarizes the results of both the survey and the feasibility pilot study.

Keywords: adherence; adolescents; cystic fibrosis; home spirometry.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Barriers to adherence as reported by the survey respondents.
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Motivators for adherence as reported by the survey respondents.
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Interventions for improving adherence suggested by our survey respondents.
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Mean medication possession ratios for inhaled hypertonic saline, dornase alfa, and CF multivitamins in the intervention and control groups at baseline and end of study.
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