ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2019
Allergy and Asthma Care in the Mobile Phone Era.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital interventions to improve adherence to maintenance medication in asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Patient Self-Management of Asthma Using Mobile Health Applications: A Systematic Review of the Functionalities and Effects.Applied clinical informatics · 2017Pooled it
- Adherence to Treatment in Allergic Rhinitis During the Pollen Season in Europe: A MASK-air Study.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2025Article
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- Climate change, airborne allergens, and three translational mitigation approaches.EBioMedicine · 2023Review
- Self-Management in Allergic Rhinitis: Strategies, Outcomes and Integration into Clinical Care.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2023Review
- Reshaping the Management of Allergic Rhinitis in Primary Care: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Effective German and English Language mHealth Apps for Self-management of Bronchial Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Comparison Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Article
- Physicians' prescribing behaviour and clinical practice patterns for allergic rhinitis management in Italy.Clinical and molecular allergy : CMA · 2020Article
- Medical devices in allergy practice.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2020Review
- A user-centered, learning asthma smartphone application for patients and providers.Learning health systems · 2020Article
- Evaluation of a Mobile Phone App for Patients With Pollen-Related Allergic Rhinitis: Prospective Longitudinal Field Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Adherence to Prescribed E-Diary Recording by Patients With Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis: Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Observational
- Next-generation ARIA care pathways for rhinitis and asthma: a model for multimorbid chronic diseases.Clinical and translational allergy · 2019Review
- Detecting Acute Otitis Media Symptom Episodes Using a Mobile App: Cohort Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2017Article
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Abstract
Strategies to improve patients' adherence to treatment are essential to reduce the great health and economic burden of allergic rhinitis and asthma. Mobile phone applications (apps) for a better management of allergic diseases are growing in number, but their usefulness for doctors and patients is still debated. Controlled trials have investigated the feasibility, cost-effectiveness, security, and perspectives of the use of tele-medicine in the self-management of asthma. These studies focused on different tools or devices, such as SMS, telephone calls, automatic voice response system, mobile applications, speech recognition system, or cloud-computing systems. While some trials concluded that m-Health can improve asthma control and the patient's quality of life, others did not show any advantage in relation to usual care. The only controlled study on allergic rhinitis showed an improvement of adherence to treatment among tele-monitored patients compared to those managed with usual care. Most studies have also highlighted a few shortcomings and limitations of tele-medicine, mainly concerning security and cost-efficiency. The use of smartphones and apps for a personalized asthma and allergy care needs to be further evaluated and optimized before conclusions on its usefulness can be drawn.
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