Table 3.

Inhaler use assessment for five inhaler types at 3 months later after education

	Evohaler (n=75)	Respimat (n=46)	Turbuhaler (n=45)	Ellipta (n=74)	Breezhaler/Handihaler (n=80)	p-value
Acceptable (no or 1 error)	40 (64.5)	31 (81.6)	29 (76.3)	43 (66.2)	49 (65.3)	0.28*
Mean score of checklist	3.79±1.19	4.11±1.03	4.13±0.84	3.86±0.97	3.84±1.12	0.42†

Values are presented as number (%) or mean±standard deviation.

The checklist for every inhaler type consists of five steps.

^*Fisher exact test was done for comparison of five types of inhaler (p=0.28). Total score of each checklist per patient was 5.

^†Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank test was done for comparison of five inhaler types’ scores (p=0.42).