ArticleBMC health services research2020
The efficacy of a mobile phone application to improve adherence to treatment and self-management in people with chronic respiratory disease in Romanian population - a pilot study.
Article in BMC health services research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06116292 (Impact of the Implementation of a Telemedicine Program on Patients Diagnosed with Asthma), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Impact of the Implementation of a Telemedicine Program on Patients Diagnosed with Asthma
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Impact of the implementation of a telemedicine program on patients diagnosed with asthma.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Trial
- Comparing the effects of self- care education by lecture and smartphone application on self-efficacy of patients with thalassemia.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Trial
- A self-management app to improve asthma control in adults with limited health literacy: a mixed-method feasibility study.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- What drives the adoption of online health communities? An empirical study from patient-centric perspective.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Evaluating Virtual and Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs for Patients with COPD.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Factors affecting physicians using mobile health applications: an empirical study.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany studies assessed the effect of mobile phone applications on self-management outcomes in patients with asthma, but all of them presented variable results. In this paper. we examined the effect of a mobile phone application on self-management and disease control in Romanian population.
methodsThis study included 93 patients diagnosed with asthma that were recalled every three months for a year for assessment and treatment. Patients were divided into two groups. The first group included patients that received treatment, and the second group received treatment and also used the smartphone application. Number of exacerbations and asthma control test (ACT) were recorded.
resultsThe ACT score was significantly higher for asthma patients using also the mobile application than for the patients using the treatment alone, for all the evaluation moments (Mann-Whitney U test, p < 0.001). Also, we found significant differences between the ACT score with-in each group, observing a significant improvement of the score between evaluations and baseline (related-samples Friedman's test with Bonferroni correction, p < 0.001). When considering the exacerbations rate, significantly less patients using the application presented exacerbations, 10.30% vs. 46.30% (Pearson Chi-square test, X
conclusionOur study indicates that smartphone applications are an effective way to improve asthma control and self-management when used continually in our population. We found significant positive effects in disease control and exacerbation frequency.
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