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. 2012:2012:663-72.
Epub 2012 Nov 3.

Development of a novel tool for engaging children and parents in asthma self-management

Flory L Nkoy  1 , Bryan L Stone, Bernhard A Fassl, Karmella Koopmeiners, Sarah Halbern, Eun H Kim, Justin Poll, Joseph W Hales, Dillon Lee, Christopher G Maloney
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Development of a novel tool for engaging children and parents in asthma self-management

Flory L Nkoy et al. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2012.

Abstract

This paper describes the development and evaluation of an innovative application designed to engage children and their parents in weekly asthma self-monitoring and self-management to prompt an early response to deteriorations in chronic asthma control, and to provide their physicians with longitudinal data to assess the effectiveness of asthma therapy and prompt adjustments. The evaluation included 2 iterative usability testing cycles with 6 children with asthma and 2 parents of children with asthma to assess user performance and satisfaction with the application. Several usability problems were identified and changes were made to ensure acceptability of the application and relevance of the content. This novel application is unique compared to existing asthma tools and may shift asthma care from the current reactive, acute care model to a preventive, proactive patient-centered approach where treatment decisions are tailored to patients' individual patterns of chronic asthma control to prevent acute exacerbations.

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