Development and pilot testing of a mobile health solution for asthma self-management: Asthma action plan smartphone application pilot study

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-306

  Licskai, Christopher J ^a   Sands, Todd W ^b   Ferrone, Madonna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital Windsor   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cellular phone; Guideline adherence; Implementation; Knowledge translation; Patient education as topic; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MINI ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE SCORE; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SMARTPHONE APPLICATION; SYMPTOM; TELECOMMUNICATION; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 84882428529     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/906710     Document Type: Article

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