BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Conditions
Keywords
ASTHMA, SMARTPHONE APPLICATION
Brief summary
Bronchial asthma is an chronic airway disease with bronchial hypersensitivity due to inflammation and bronchial muscle contraction. It can cause recurrent dyspnea, cough, wheezing and severe life-threatening attack and lower quality of life. In addition, it make large amount of socioeconomic loss as about 3.7 billion US dollars.
Interventions
The smartphone application for self-management of Asthma offers symptom diary, general information for asthma, the information of asthma drugs,the guideline for inhaler and the specific action plan according to daily symptom and FEV1.
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* using smartphone * alleged bronchial asthma over 3months & positive of bronchodilator response test or bronchial provocation test
Exclusion criteria
* COPD * active pulmonary TUBERCULOSIS * Acute exacerbation within 4weeks * severe psychological disorder * severe systemic disease; severe LC, ESRD ... * MALIGNANCY
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The efficacy of smartphone application for asthma control test (ACT)and quality of life | at least 2 times a week | Using ACT and ALQL score (QoL), we will investigate the efficacy of smanrtphone application for control of asthma compared to smartphone app. using group and smartphone app. non-using group |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FEV1 (Forced expiratory volume in 1 second ) and FVC (Forced vital capacity) | at least 1 time a month | Using spirometer to check the variation of FEV1,we will investigate the efficacy of smanrtphone application for control of asthma compared to smartphone app. using group and smartphone app. non-using group |
| Acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma | at least 1 time a week | Using medical record and questionaire of acute exacerbation,we will investigate the efficacy of smanrtphone application for control of asthma compared to smartphone app. using group and smartphone app. non-using group |
Countries
South Korea