Module 18 - Drug Device Combinations and Other Technologies

07/12/2023

DDCP Knowledge

Question – Where do people use rescue inhalers?

Why is this important?  Where do you test an inhaler in a Human Factors Study?  How do you show the use environment is realistic ?  How do you understand the human factors created by the use environment?

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DDCP Knowledge

Question – Where do people use rescue inhalers?

If you do not know – find out! It is easy to sample a group of users and ask them – they will mainly be truthful, and the data is going to be representative of the population. This is user research !

Where do patients mainly use their inhaler at home?

10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

0% 5%

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