The Effect of an Electronic Monitoring Device With Audiovisual Reminder Function on Adherence to Inhaled Corticosteroids and School Attendance in Children With Asthma: A Randomised Controlled Trial (Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry # ACTRN12613001353785)

Abstract

AHY Chan, AW Stewart, J Harrison, CA Camargo Jr, PN Black, EA Mitchell. Lancet Respir Med. 2015;3(3):210–219 To investigate whether using inhalers with audiovisual reminders leads to improved asthma medication adherence and asthma outcomes among school-age children who have had emergency department visits for asthma exacerbations. Patients aged 6 to 15 years who presented to the regional emergency department in Auckland, New Zealand, with an asthma exacerbation and who were discharged on inhaled corticosteroid controller treatment. Patients were discharged on twice-daily inhaled fluticasone with …