Improved Education and Self-Management In Children and Adolescents With Asthma Using a Personalized Smartphone Application

Abstract

Electronic media consumption and mobile device use has rapidly expanded amongst children and adolescents. Engaging this population in asthma self-management is challenging, and suboptimal disease control is associated with increased healthcare utilization, cost and poor outcomes. We created an interactive, personalized smartphone application aimed to teach and improve asthma self-management skills directly to children and teenagers.