Electronic reminders and rewards to improve adherence to inhaled asthma treatment in adolescents: a non-randomised feasibility study in tertiary care.
Anna De SimoniLouise FlemingLois HollidayRobert HorneStefan PriebeAndrew BushAziz SheikhChristopher J GriffithsPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
An intervention using electronic reminders and incentives through an app coupled with an EMD was feasible and acceptable to adolescents with asthma. A pilot randomised controlled trial is warranted to better estimate the effect size on adherence, with improved technical support for the EMD.
Keyphrases
- study protocol
- young adults
- tertiary care
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- randomized controlled trial
- lung function
- physical activity
- clinical trial
- allergic rhinitis
- cystic fibrosis
- open label
- double blind
- glycemic control
- smoking cessation
- placebo controlled
- type diabetes
- skeletal muscle
- hepatitis c virus
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus