Smartphone App for Asthma Self-care: Assessment of Outcomes (Asthma Progession and Costs)
Asthma

About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Asthma focused on measuring Smartphone selft-care system, asthma control, medical cost, emergency room visit, hospital admission
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: aged between 3 and 18 years; who had access to the smartphone app; with asthma treatment steps 2-4, requiring regular treatment with controller medication (for at least 6 months over the past year) according to the GINA guidelines; who had at least two clinic or emergency department visits related to asthma in the previous year. Exclusion Criteria: Children who had comorbidities, or other major medical problems, and who did not have a smartphone or whose caregivers did not have a smartphone were excluded from the study.
Sites / Locations
- Taipei Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Intervention Group
Control group
Intervention group needs to download the smartphone apps and follow research protocol