Chaney Flashcards
How were they recruited?
GP or paediatrician
What did questionnaire include?
Information about current inhaler and consent form to sign
How long were they given the funhaler for?
2 weeks
On what basis were the parents contacted and what were they asked?
Ad hoc (randomly) and asked if they used the funhaler the previous day
Hat was the funhaler designed to do?
Desensitise children to inhalers to improve their health because will use inhaler more frequently to manage asthma
What toy was connected?
Spinning disk and a whistle
When was the toy activated and why?
When the child exhaled to avoid compromising in inhalation
When was the toy activated best?
Good steady breath out which is positive reinforcement
What was different for preschool kids?
They had a face mask instead
Participants?
32 aged between 1.5-6 and from Australia
How many older than 3?
75%
What’s experimental design was used?
Repeated measures
How many boys and girls?
22 boys and 10 girls
Why were kids used?
Because adults wouldn’t respond to the toy attachment and it would be too childish. Therefore wouldn’t make a difference and use of funhaler wouldn’t increase
When were questionnaires given out?
Before and after use of funhaler
Point of the questionnaires?
Measure parents attitude to adherence and how frequently children were medicated. Also if there were problems with delivery of the medication
Response rate in percent?
100
Percentage of children who had used their inhaler the day before a question to parents (ad hoc) for normal and funhaler?
56% v 81%
Percentage of children who achieved 4 or more cycles per delivery for normal and funhaler?
50% v 80%
Percentage of parents successfully medicating child always for normal and funhaler?
10% v 73%
What sort of data showed the problems experiences when using the normal inhaler were lessened by the funhaler?
Quantitative
How did the attitude of the children towards their medication change when they used the funhaler?
More positive
Amount of suspicion, pleasure and dislike/phobia?
Higher, higher, lower
Parents opinion?
Wary but no strong concern or dislike
Normal v funhaler percent of children unwilling to wear the mask?
53 v 3
Normal v funhaler unwilling to breathe through devise at all?
61 v 7
Normal v funhaler breathing but not deeply?
68 v 19
Pleasure?
10% v 68%
Percent of mild fear, dislike, strong fear and panic or phobia in funhaler?
0
Conclusion from questionnaire?
Funhaler led to an increase in use and correct use. Parents also tended to be less likely to give and resort to a nebuliser if using funhaler.
Alternative reason? And counter argument
Just because of novelty factor. But Chaney said parents reported continued pleasure months after use. Not just ‘recruitment effect’
What would follow up research need to be on in chaney’s eyes?
Longevity of positive results, need of changeable toys to stop boredom. Also whether funhaler could be used to reintroduce children to inhalers if had already phobia
According to what theory was the number of features making the funhaler rewarding, mean it would be more likely repeated?
Operant conditioning theory
What type of experiment?
Field
IV?
Use of funhaler or not
DV?
Overall benefit on health of child operationalised by use of funhaler
Pros about repeated measures design?
Participant variables were controlled e.g. Not remembering
Cons of using repeated measures design?
Demand characteristics - parents could work out what the experiment was about
Type of data?
Quantitative as answers were yes/no
What was used before the funhaler?
Standard aero chamber or breath a tech
