Smartphone and tablet self management apps for asthma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Marcano Belisario, José S ^a   Huckvale, Kit ^a   Greenfield, Geva ^a   Car, Josip ^a,b   Gunn, Laura H ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MINI ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; MOBILE APPLICATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CARE; SHORT FORM 12; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE;

ASTHMA; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE;

EID: 84899917050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010013.pub2     Document Type: Review

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