Engaging Teens with Asthma in Designing a Patient-Centered Mobile App to Aid Disease Self-Management

Schneider, Tali; Panzera, Anthony D.; Couluris, Marisa; Lindenberger, James H.; McDermott, Robert J.; Bryant, Carol A.

doi:10.1089/tmj.2015.0041

Cited by 27 publications

(37 citation statements)

References 21 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The importance of users´ feedback has been underlined by the outcome of a project including adolescent volunteers (13‐18 years old) who evaluated two asthma apps (AsthmaMD and Asthma Pulse) . The suggested improvements included push reminders (to take medication and to purchase refill), asthma‐related games, fun factors, and a built‐in flow meter .…”

Section: Mhealth In Allergic Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…7 The importance of users´ feedback has been underlined by the outcome of a project including adolescent volunteers (13-18 years old) who evaluated two asthma apps (AsthmaMD and Asthma Pulse). 62 The suggested improvements included push reminders (to take medication and to purchase refill), asthma-related games, fun factors, and a built-in flow meter. 63 Recording clinical and functional endpoints (ie, symptoms, FEV1, PEF) on a daily basis, together with allergen and pollutant exposure, facilitates continuous asthma monitoring.…”

Section: Asthmamentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

The role of mobile health technologies in allergy care: An EAACI position paper

Matricardi

Dramburg

Alvarez-Perea

et al. 2019

Allergy

110

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Mobile health (mHealth) uses mobile communication devices such as smartphones and tablet computers to support and improve health‐related services, data and information flow, patient self‐management, surveillance, and disease management from the moment of first diagnosis to an optimized treatment. The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology created a task force to assess the state of the art and future potential of mHealth in allergology. The task force endorsed the “Be He@lthy, Be Mobile” WHO initiative and debated the quality, usability, efficiency, advantages, limitations, and risks of mobile solutions for allergic diseases. The results are summarized in this position paper, analyzing also the regulatory background with regard to the “General Data Protection Regulation” and Medical Directives of the European Community. The task force assessed the design, user engagement, content, potential of inducing behavioral change, credibility/accountability, and privacy policies of mHealth products. The perspectives of healthcare professionals and allergic patients are discussed, underlining the need of thorough investigation for an effective design of mHealth technologies as auxiliary tools to improve quality of care. Within the context of precision medicine, these could facilitate the change in perspective from clinician‐ to patient‐centered care. The current and future potential of mHealth is then examined for specific areas of allergology, including allergic rhinitis, aerobiology, allergen immunotherapy, asthma, dermatological diseases, food allergies, anaphylaxis, insect venom, and drug allergy. The impact of mobile technologies and associated big data sets are outlined. Facts and recommendations for future mHealth initiatives within EAACI are listed.

show abstract

Section: Mhealth In Allergic Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Asthmamentioning

confidence: 99%

The role of mobile health technologies in allergy care: An EAACI position paper

Matricardi

Dramburg

Alvarez-Perea

et al. 2019

Allergy

110

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…While most previous mobile asthma applications (apps) have focused on these aspects of mobile health [9], much of the information captured is typically through e-diaries and self-reports rather than automated sensor-based data collection. Moreover, a recent review [10] demonstrated that the absence of passive sensing (i.e., sensors that collect observations without involving people in the loop) and reliance on e-diaries led to a reduction in compliance and adherence. These observations suggest that there is a need for better integration of wireless sensing capabilities and communication protocols with asthma apps to reduce the amount of e-diary requests from the patient and thus improve adherence and compliance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

HIPAA compliant wireless sensing smartwatch application for the self-management of pediatric asthma

Hosseini

Buonocore

Hashemzadeh

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE 13th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN)

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease among pediatrics, as it is the leading cause of student absenteeism and hospitalization for those under the age of 15. To address the significant need to manage this disease in children, the authors present a mobile health (mHealth) system that determines the risk of an asthma attack through physiological and environmental wireless sensors and representational state transfer application program interfaces (RESTful APIs). The data is sent from wireless sensors to a smartwatch application (app) via a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant cryptography framework, which then sends data to a cloud for real-time analytics. The asthma risk is then sent to the smartwatch and provided to the user via simple graphics for easy interpretation by children. After testing the safety and feasibility of the system in an adult with moderate asthma prior to testing in children, it was found that the analytics model is able to determine the overall asthma risk (high, medium, or low risk) with an accuracy of 80.10±14.13%. Furthermore, the features most important for assessing the risk of an asthma attack were multifaceted, highlighting the importance of continuously monitoring different wireless sensors and RESTful APIs. Future testing this asthma attack risk prediction system in pediatric asthma individuals may lead to an effective self-management asthma program.

show abstract

“…Teens in Schneider and colleagues’ study [ 27 ] also used existing apps for one week before providing feedback. The two apps investigated were asthma self-management apps available for download by the general public which were tailored to teens.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smartphone Applications for Encouraging Asthma Self-Management in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Alquran

Lambert

Farouque

et al. 2018

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Adolescent asthma is still a major problem with poor adherence to treatment. Globally, adolescents are devoted users of smartphone technologies and app use in asthma self-management may improve adherence. The objective of this systematic review is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of mobile technology in improving asthma outcomes in adolescents. We conducted an extensive review of the peer-review literature of studies with populations consisting of children and adolescents under 18 years in seven bibliographic databases and Google Scholar. All study designs were considered. Quality assessment of included studies were independently assessed and reported. The search identified 291 articles; of the 16 eligible full-text papers, 8 met the review criteria, reporting two interventional, two qualitative and four observational studies. Samples ranged from 12 to 21 participants. Heterogeneity related to study design and the methods of the included studies prevented meta-analysis. Nevertheless, the intervention studies reported a positive effect of smartphone apps on asthma control, medication adherence and self-efficacy. Smartphone apps may be an effective asthma control tool especially among adolescents who are major users of smartphones; however, conclusions are limited by a lack of controlled trials and adequate sample sizes.

show abstract

Engaging Teens with Asthma in Designing a Patient-Centered Mobile App to Aid Disease Self-Management

Cited by 27 publications

References 21 publications

The role of mobile health technologies in allergy care: An EAACI position paper

The role of mobile health technologies in allergy care: An EAACI position paper

HIPAA compliant wireless sensing smartwatch application for the self-management of pediatric asthma

Smartphone Applications for Encouraging Asthma Self-Management in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About