title: [Correct inhalation therapy: instructions provided by Internet-based video screens. An initiative of the German Airway League].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Inhalation therapy is well recognized as a cornerstone treatment of airway diseases. In daily practice, however, high failure rates of inhalation technique are evident, which substantially attenuates the treatment success.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2011 the German Airway League has initiated the production of video screens for correct inhalation aimed at providing an efficient and globally available platform for information. All devices regularly used have been filmed and published via internet and DVD; thereby, video screens, spoken text passages, and visual insertion of information have been combined. Here, all important steps of inhalation therapy like preparation, performance, and termination have been covered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Video screens of 20 different devices lasting between 1:42 and 3:11 min:sec have been produced between July 2011 and January 2013 and published on the YouTube channel of the German Airway League with more than 70.000 clicks so far (27. February 2013).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pragmatic, internet-based video screens on the correct inhalation therapy are available and are cost-free. Further studies aimed at evaluating the benefits of these screens are necessary.
authors: Lungenklinik Merheim; Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Köln.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Knipel
authors: Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-Weende gGmbH, Pneumologie, Beatmungsmedizin/Schlaflabor, Bovenden-Lenglern.
authors: C P
authors: CP
authors: Criée
authors: Lungenklinik Merheim; Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Köln.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Windisch
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014741:Video Recording