Chaney

Question 1

How were they recruited?

Answer 1

GP or paediatrician

Question 2

What did questionnaire include?

Answer 2

Information about current inhaler and consent form to sign

Question 3

How long were they given the funhaler for?

Answer 3

2 weeks

Question 4

On what basis were the parents contacted and what were they asked?

Answer 4

Ad hoc (randomly) and asked if they used the funhaler the previous day

Question 5

Hat was the funhaler designed to do?

Answer 5

Desensitise children to inhalers to improve their health because will use inhaler more frequently to manage asthma

Question 6

What toy was connected?

Answer 6

Spinning disk and a whistle

Question 7

When was the toy activated and why?

Answer 7

When the child exhaled to avoid compromising in inhalation

Question 8

When was the toy activated best?

Answer 8

Good steady breath out which is positive reinforcement

Question 9

What was different for preschool kids?

Answer 9

They had a face mask instead

Question 10

Participants?

Answer 10

32 aged between 1.5-6 and from Australia

Question 11

How many older than 3?

Answer 11

75%

Question 12

What’s experimental design was used?

Answer 12

Repeated measures

Question 13

How many boys and girls?

Answer 13

22 boys and 10 girls

Question 14

Why were kids used?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

When were questionnaires given out?

Answer 15

Before and after use of funhaler

Question 16

Point of the questionnaires?

Answer 16

Measure parents attitude to adherence and how frequently children were medicated. Also if there were problems with delivery of the medication

Question 17

Response rate in percent?

Answer 17

100

Question 18

Percentage of children who had used their inhaler the day before a question to parents (ad hoc) for normal and funhaler?

Answer 18

56% v 81%

Question 19

Percentage of children who achieved 4 or more cycles per delivery for normal and funhaler?

Answer 19

50% v 80%

Question 20

Percentage of parents successfully medicating child always for normal and funhaler?

Answer 20

10% v 73%

Question 21

What sort of data showed the problems experiences when using the normal inhaler were lessened by the funhaler?

Answer 21

Quantitative

Question 22

How did the attitude of the children towards their medication change when they used the funhaler?

Answer 22

More positive

Question 23

Amount of suspicion, pleasure and dislike/phobia?

Answer 23

Higher, higher, lower

Question 24

Parents opinion?

Answer 24

Wary but no strong concern or dislike

Question 25

Normal v funhaler percent of children unwilling to wear the mask?

Answer 25

53 v 3

Question 26

Normal v funhaler unwilling to breathe through devise at all?

Answer 26

61 v 7

Question 27

Normal v funhaler breathing but not deeply?

Answer 27

68 v 19

Question 28

Pleasure?

Answer 28

10% v 68%

Question 29

Percent of mild fear, dislike, strong fear and panic or phobia in funhaler?

Answer 29

0

Question 30

Conclusion from questionnaire?

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

Alternative reason? And counter argument

Answer 31

Just because of novelty factor. But Chaney said parents reported continued pleasure months after use. Not just ‘recruitment effect’

Question 32

What would follow up research need to be on in chaney’s eyes?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

According to what theory was the number of features making the funhaler rewarding, mean it would be more likely repeated?

Answer 33

Operant conditioning theory

Question 34

What type of experiment?

Answer 34

Field

Question 35

IV?

Answer 35

Use of funhaler or not

Question 36

DV?

Answer 36

Overall benefit on health of child operationalised by use of funhaler

Question 37

Pros about repeated measures design?

Answer 37

Participant variables were controlled e.g. Not remembering

Question 38

Cons of using repeated measures design?

Answer 38

Demand characteristics - parents could work out what the experiment was about

Question 39

Type of data?

Answer 39

Quantitative as answers were yes/no

Question 40

What was used before the funhaler?

Answer 40

Standard aero chamber or breath a tech