Improving adrenaline autoinjector adherence: A psychologically informed training for healthcare professionals,

Béré Mahoney, Elaine Walklet, Eleanor Bradley, Steve O'Hickey

Version of Record online: 09 July 2019

 

Clinicians draw on instructional approaches when training patients with anaphylaxis to use adrenaline autoinjectors, but patient use is poor, and psychological barriers to these behaviours exist but are not considered routinely when training patients to use autoinjectors. The study evaluated the impact of a 90‐minute workshop training clinicians in strategies and techniques for exploring and responding to psychological barriers to autoinjector use with patients. The workshop produced sustained improvements in clinicians confidence and knowledge around patient autoinjector education, and their likelihood of using strategies in clinical practice.