Table 2.
Experience of device use.
| All (N = 61) | pMDI (N = 30) | SMI (N = 31) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current user | Past user | All | Current user | Past user | All | Current user | Past user | All | |
| Number of patients using each device | |||||||||
| pMDI | 53 | 2 | 55 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 28 |
| Respimat SMI | 13 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Capsule inhaler (DPI) | 16 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Multidose DPI | 23 | 13 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Number of devices used by each patient | |||||||||
| Mean | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| Modea (range) | 2 (1–5) | 0 (0–3) | 3 (1–5) | 2 (1–5) | 0 (0–3) | 3 (1–5) | 2 (1–4) | 0 (0–2) | 3 (1–5) |
DPI: dry powder inhaler; pMDI pressurized metered dose inhaler; SMI soft mist inhaler.
a The mode is the most commonly reported number of devices a participant uses or has used.