Clinical and cost effectiveness of mobile phone supported self monitoring of asthma: multicentre randomised controlled trial.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether mobile phone based monitoring improves asthma control compared with standard paper based monitoring strategies. DESIGN: Multicentre randomised controlled trial with cost effectiveness analysis. SETTING: UK primary care. PARTICIPANTS: 288 adolescents and adults with poorly controlled asthma (asthma control questionnaire (ACQ) score ≥ 1.5) from 32 practices. INTERVENTION: Participants were centrally randomised to twice daily recording and mobile phone based trans...

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Authors: Ryan, D; Price, D; Musgrave, S; Malhotra, S; Lee, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 344
• Issue: 7854
• Pages: e1756
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e1756
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Attitude to Health; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Questionnaires; Cellular Phone; Female; Patient Participation; Quality of Life; Adult; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Physiologic; Directive Counseling; Male; Hotlines; Treatment Outcome; Self Care; Remote Consultation; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Adolescent; Primary Health Care; Asthma; Humans