Table 3.

Patients’ Responses on Communication and Training of the New Therapy

Patients’ Experience with the Switcha	Patients (%) (N=100)
Communication of the switch to the patient (not mutually exclusive)
Either physician or nurse practitioner	93
Physician	75
Nurse practitioner	29
At pharmacy	16
Training received for the new inhaler (not mutually exclusive)
A health care provider either actually demonstrated how to use it or watched me use the medicine and instructed me on how to use it	73
A health care provider actually demonstrated how to use it	58
A health care provider watched me use the medicine and instructed me on how to use it	46
I was given written instructions from a health care provider	41
I watched a video	24
Mobile applications (mobile phone/tablets)	14
I read the package insert	10

Notes: ^aResults shown only for survey responses that >10% of patients selected. Patients were allowed to select multiple response options.