A text message a day keeps the pulmonologist away

Yun, Tae-Jung; Arriaga, Rosa I.

doi:10.1145/2470654.2466233

Cited by 32 publications

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“…The ubiquity of mobile devices, combined with their personal nature [44] and their functionality, such as text messaging, apps, or Internet access, make cellphones an effective platform for delivering health interventions [15,26,50]. Among cellphone-based interventions aimed at supporting remembering, text message reminders are the most widely used.…”

Section: Mobile Remindersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Don't forget your pill!

Stawarz

Cox

Blandford

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

119

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Despite the fact that a third of all cases of unintentional medication non-adherence are caused by simple forgetfulness, the majority of interventions neglect this issue. Even though patients have access to smartphone applications ("apps") designed to help them remember medication, neither their quality nor effectiveness has been evaluated yet. We report the findings of a functionality review of 229 medication reminder apps and a thematic analysis of their 1,012 user reviews. Our research highlights the gap between the theory and practice: while the literature shows that many medication regimens are habitual in nature and the presence of daily routines supports remembering, existing apps rely on timer-based reminders. To address this disparity, we present design requirements for building medication reminders that support the routine aspect of medication-taking and its individual nature, and demonstrate how they could be implemented to move from passive alerts to a smarter memory and routine assistant.

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Section: Mobile Remindersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Don't forget your pill!

Stawarz

Cox

Blandford

2014

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

119

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“…A more effective approach may be helping parents to better respond to their child's symptoms of a URTI to reduce the likelihood of the URTI progressing to a serious asthma exacerbation warranting an ED visit. The NAEPP guidelines for asthma 8 and the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guidelines 20 recommend that children with asthma and a history of severe exacerbations who develop any symptoms of a URTI immediately begin a course of corticosteroids to reduce the likelihood of a severe exacerbation. In the present work, consistent with our clinical experience, this recommendation was not routinely followed.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency department visits for children with acute asthma: discharge instructions, parental plans, and follow-through of care—a prospective study

Camp

Norton

Goldman

et al. 2014

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Objective: Communication between emergency department (ED) staff and parents of children with asthma may play a role in asthma exacerbation management. We investigated the extent to which parents of children with asthma implement recommendations provided by the ED staff. Method: We asked questions on asthma triggers, ED care (including education and discharge recommendations), and asthma management strategies used at home shortly after the ED visit and again at 6 months. Results: A total of 148 children with asthma were recruited. Thirty-two percent of children were not on inhaled corticosteroids prior to their ED visit. Eighty percent of parents identified upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) as the primary trigger for their child's asthma. No parent received or implemented any specific asthma strategies to reduce the impact of URTIs; 82% of parents did not receive any printed asthma education materials. Most (66%) parents received verbal instructions on how to manage their child's future asthma exacerbations. Of those, one-third of families were told to return to the ED. Parents were rarely advised to bring their child to their family doctor in the event of a future exacerbation. At 6 months, parents continued to use the ED services for asthma exacerbations in their children, despite reporting feeling confident in managing their child's asthma. Conclusion: Improvements are urgently needed in developing strategies to manage pediatric asthma exacerbations related to URTIs, communication with parents at discharge in acute care, and using alternate acute care services for parents who continue to rely on EDs for the initial care of mild asthma exacerbations. RÉ SUMÉObjectif: Les communications entre le personnel des services d'urgence (SU) et les parents d'enfants asthmatiques peuvent jouer un rô le dans le traitement des crises d'asthme. L'é tude visait à vé rifier dans quelle mesure les parents concerné s appliquaient les recommandations donné es par le personnel des SU. Mé thode: Nous avons posé des questions aux parents sur les facteurs dé clencheurs des crises d'asthme, les soins reç us au SU (y compris l'enseignement et les recommandations faites au moment du congé ), et les straté gies de traitement de l'asthme appliqué es à domicile, peu de temps aprè s la consultation au SU, puis au bout de 6 mois. Ré sultats: Au total, 148 enfants asthmatiques ont é té sé lectionné s. Trente-deux pour cent des enfants n'é taient pas traité s par les corticosté roïdes en inhalation avant la consultation au SU, et 80% des parents ont indiqué une infection des voies respiratoires supé rieures (IVRS) comme principal facteur dé clencheur des crises d'asthme chez leur enfant. Aucun parent n'a reç u d'instructions particuliè res sur des straté gies visant à atté nuer l'incidence des IVRS sur l'asthme, ou n'a appliqué de straté gie en ce sens; 82% des parents ont dé claré ne pas avoir reç u de maté riel didactique é crit. La plupart des parents (66%) ont reç u des instructions verbales sur la maniè re de traiter les...

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“…Designed carefully, these technologies can also meet "Meaningful Use" obligations. The literature surrounding asthma and diabetes supports the clinical use of more active engagement options such as "push" notifications delivered directly to patients' mobile devices [18,19,20]. These also can be bidirectional, allowing patients to upload clinically relevant information.…”

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%