SynthesisEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2025
Remote monitoring in asthma: a systematic review.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of digital health interventions for asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- A lifecycle governance and learning health system framework for trustworthy, generalizable, and sustainable human-ai partnership in clinical practice: Lessons from the asthma-guidance and prediction system (A-GPS).Journal of the National Medical Association · 2026Review
- Artificial Intelligence-Driven Wearable and Connected Technology for Allergy: Real-Time Monitoring and Predictive Management for Personalized Care.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025Review
- Asthma Symptom Self-Monitoring Methods for Children and Adolescents: Present and Future.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Budesonide/formoterol for pediatric asthma: bridging the gap between evidence and practice in Maintenance and Reliever Therapy.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Research on the regulation of gut microbiota homeostasis and immune function in asthmatic mice by Huanglong Zhixiao Formula.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Modernisation of chronic respiratory disease management: The integration of wearable technology.Chronic respiratory diseaseReview
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Abstract
backgroundPoor adherence to maintenance inhalers and incorrect maintenance and reliever inhaler technique are associated with poor asthma outcomes. Remote therapeutic monitoring and remote patient monitoring support asthma guideline recommendations to regularly review adherence and inhaler technique, with the ultimate goal to improve asthma outcomes.
objectiveThis work systematically reviewed all clinical trials testing remote monitoring interventions on asthma outcomes.
methodsA systematic search of PubMed, SCOPUS, Ovid, CINAHL and reference review databases was conducted from 1 January 2000 to 30 April 2024. Articles were included if the title or abstract included MeSH terms of "nebulizers and vaporizers" in combination with "digital", "remote", "electronic" or "smart inhaler" to identify interventional studies testing remote monitoring for asthma. We characterised populations, interventions, control groups, outcomes, timeframe and setting across studies.
resultsOf 2043 articles reviewed, 19 articles met the inclusion criteria (n=14 remote therapeutic monitoring; n=5 remote patient monitoring). While a wide range of outcomes were measured across studies, overall, the studies (n=19) that met the inclusion criteria demonstrated a slower decline in maintenance inhaler adherence (n=13), decreased reliever use (n=6) and improvements in asthma control (n=3). They did not demonstrate positive outcomes on asthma exacerbations and healthcare utilisation, but this may be due to study sample sizes, eligibility criteria and duration.
conclusionRemote monitoring demonstrates improvements in important intermediary asthma outcomes. Future studies with larger sample sizes, duration and requiring greater disease severity as eligibility criteria are warranted to evaluate their efficacy at decreasing asthma-related oral steroid use, emergency department visits, hospitalisations and costs.
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