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School-Based Telemedicine Interventions for Asthma: A Systematic Review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of the Telemedicine Enhanced Asthma Management-Uniting Providers (TEAM-UP) Program on Asthma Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2025Article
- Development of an Implementation Science Telehealth Toolkit to Promote Research Capacity in Evaluation of Telehealth Programs.Telemedicine reports · 2023Article
- A scoping review of mHealth monitoring of pediatric bronchial asthma before and during COVID-19 pandemic.Paediatric respiratory reviews · 2022Article
- Pediatric Telemedicine: Lessons Learned During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Opportunities for Growth.Advances in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Do Not Give Up Your Stethoscopes Yet-Telemedicine for Chronic Respiratory Diseases in the Era of COVID-19.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Burden of Childhood Asthma by Age Group, 1990-2019: A Systematic Analysis of Global Burden of Disease 2019 Data.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Disparities in Potentially Preventable Emergency Department Visits for Children with Asthma among Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Whites in Hawai'i.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Digital health interventions in children with asthma.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSchool health systems are increasingly investing in telemedicine platforms to address acute and chronic illnesses. Asthma, the most common chronic illness in childhood, is of particular interest given its high burden on school absenteeism.
objectiveConduct a systematic review evaluating impact of school-based telemedicine programs on improving asthma-related outcomes. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, CINAHL, ERIC, PsycINFO, Embase, and Google Scholar. STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Original research, including quasi-experimental studies, without restriction on the type of telemedicine.
participantsSchool-aged pediatric patients with asthma and their families.
interventionsSchool-based telemedicine. STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS
methodsTwo authors independently screened each abstract, conducted full-text review, assessed study quality, and extracted information. A third author resolved disagreements.
resultsOf 371 articles identified, 7 were included for the review. Outcomes of interest were asthma symptom-free days, asthma symptom frequency, quality of life, health care utilization, school absences, and spirometry. Four of 7 studies reported significant increases in symptom-free days and/or decrease in symptom frequency. Five of 6 reported increases in at least one quality-of-life metric, 2 of 7 reported a decrease in at least 1 health care utilization metric, 1 of 3 showed reductions in school absences, and 1 of 2 reported improvements in spirometry measures. LIMITATIONS: Variability in intervention designs and outcome measures make comparisons and quantitative analyses across studies difficult. Only 2 of 7 studies were randomized controlled trials. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF KEY
findingsHigh-quality evidence supporting the use of school-based telemedicine programs to improve patient outcomes is limited. While available evidence suggests benefit, only 2 comparative trials were identified, and the contribution of telemedicine to these studies' results is unclear.
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