Mobile GIS-based monitoring asthma attacks based on environmental factors

Abstract

Abstract Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways, and approximately three million people around the world are suffering from this disease. It can become a serious problem for the public health if it is not controlled. Specialists consider vital upgrading self-managing plans to control this disease. The main component of these programs is to control asthma attacks. The attacks are affected by different variables including the environmental factors such as air pollutants and meteorological factors. In this article, we attempted to develop a tool to make the patients aware potentially dangerous areas and places in terms of asthma attacks and help them in better control of the disease by providing daily monitoring maps of asthma attacks based on environmental factors. On the other hand, development of the information technology tools and penetration of mobile health tools have changed fundamentally the design of asthma self-management interventions by removing the spatial and temporal restrictions. The tool that is available for the patient in any time and place can make the patient be aware of potential risks. The purpose of this article is to develop a Mobile GIS 2 -based tool containing maps of monitoring asthma attacks based on environmental and local factors that will be generated using predictive algorithms. In fact, by developing this tool with an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, continuous self-management of asthma can be implemented more efficiently.