TY - JOUR
T1 - New Concepts and Technological Resources in Patient Education and Asthma Self-Management
AU - Poowuttikul, Pavadee
AU - Seth, Divya
N1 - Funding Information:
A larger multicenter trial, MyAirCoach [], funded by EU Horizon 2020, is ongoing. The investigators evaluate the use of home-monitoring and mHealth systems to predict deterioration in asthma control and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations in adults with uncontrolled asthma. Patients will be provided with mHealth and home-monitoring systems to record their symptoms. The association of physiological, behavioral, and environmental data, with episodes of uncontrolled asthma and occurrence of moderate and severe asthma exacerbations, and the user acceptance of mHealth and home-monitoring systems are being evaluated.
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PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - Asthma is a chronic disease that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In general, the use of technology resources or electronic health (e-health) has been shown to have beneficial effects on patients with asthma. E-health can impact a broad section of patients and can be cost-effective and associated with high patient satisfaction. E-health may enable remote delivery of care, as well as timely access to health care, which are some of the common challenges faced by patients with asthma. Web-based asthma self-management systems have been found to improve quality of life, self-reported asthma symptoms, lung function, reduction in asthma symptoms/exacerbations, and self-reported adherence for adults. Social media is commonly being used as a platform to disseminate information on asthma to increase public awareness. It can facilitate asthma self-management in a patient friendly manner and has shown to improve asthma control test scores as well as self-esteem. Text massages reminders can increase awareness regarding asthma treatment and control, thus potentially can improve adherence to medications and asthma outcome. Mobile health applications can support asthma self-management, improve a patient’s quality of life, promote medication adherence, and potentially reduce the overall costs for asthma care. Inhaler trackers have shown to be beneficial to asthma outcome in various populations by improving adherence to asthma medications. Barriers such as physician financial reimbursement as well as licensing for rendering tele-healthcare services are important concerns. Other limitations of using technology resources in health care are related to liability, professionalism, and ethical issues such as breach of patient confidentiality and privacy. Additionally, there may be less face-to-face interaction and care of the patient when e-health is used.
AB - Asthma is a chronic disease that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In general, the use of technology resources or electronic health (e-health) has been shown to have beneficial effects on patients with asthma. E-health can impact a broad section of patients and can be cost-effective and associated with high patient satisfaction. E-health may enable remote delivery of care, as well as timely access to health care, which are some of the common challenges faced by patients with asthma. Web-based asthma self-management systems have been found to improve quality of life, self-reported asthma symptoms, lung function, reduction in asthma symptoms/exacerbations, and self-reported adherence for adults. Social media is commonly being used as a platform to disseminate information on asthma to increase public awareness. It can facilitate asthma self-management in a patient friendly manner and has shown to improve asthma control test scores as well as self-esteem. Text massages reminders can increase awareness regarding asthma treatment and control, thus potentially can improve adherence to medications and asthma outcome. Mobile health applications can support asthma self-management, improve a patient’s quality of life, promote medication adherence, and potentially reduce the overall costs for asthma care. Inhaler trackers have shown to be beneficial to asthma outcome in various populations by improving adherence to asthma medications. Barriers such as physician financial reimbursement as well as licensing for rendering tele-healthcare services are important concerns. Other limitations of using technology resources in health care are related to liability, professionalism, and ethical issues such as breach of patient confidentiality and privacy. Additionally, there may be less face-to-face interaction and care of the patient when e-health is used.
KW - Asthma medication adherence
KW - Asthma self-management
KW - Electronic health
KW - Inhaler trackers
KW - Mobile health applications
KW - Technology tools for asthma education
KW - Telemedicine
KW - Web-based asthma self-management systems
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U2 - 10.1007/s12016-020-08782-w
DO - 10.1007/s12016-020-08782-w
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32215784
AN - SCOPUS:85083386584
VL - 59
SP - 19
EP - 37
JO - Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology
JF - Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology
SN - 1080-0549
IS - 1
ER -