How to improve prescription of inhaled salbutamol by providing standardised feedback on administration: a controlled intervention pilot study with follow-up

Table 3 Dosing and drug-related problems in prescription

Categories^a	Control group	Counselling group	Feedback group	Follow-up group
	Patients n (%)	Patients n (%)	Patients n (%)	Patients n (%)
According to guideline
Regular dose regimen^b	17 (30)	17 (30)	24 (42)	9 (16)
High dose regimen^b	8 (14)	15 (27)	19 (33)	20 (36)
Deviating from guideline^c
Elevated doses^b	28 (50)	16 (29)	10 (18)	19 (34)
Inadequate documentation	12 (21)	11 (20)	4 (7)	17 (30)

^aMultiple categories possible; ^bThe guideline included two dose regimens: a regular salbutamol dose treatment regimen and a high dose regimen for children suffering from severe obstruction or with insufficient inhalation technique. Doses exceeding this high dose regime were defined as elevated doses; ^cwe did not identify any cases of underdosing.

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