Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2013)

Development and pilot testing of a mobile health solution for asthma self-management: Asthma action plan smartphone application pilot study

  • Christopher J Licskai,
  • Todd W Sands,
  • Madonna Ferrone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/906710
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 4
pp. 301 – 306

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Collaborative self-management is a core recommendation of national asthma guidelines; the written action plan is the knowledge tool that supports this objective. Mobile health technologies have the potential to enhance the effectiveness of the action plan as a knowledge translation tool.