Impact of online patient reminders to improve asthma care: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Asthma is one of the most burdensome chronic illnesses in the US. Despite widespread dissemination of evidence-based guidelines, more than half of the adults with asthma have uncontrolled symptoms.

Objective

To examine the efficacy of an online tool designed to improve asthma control.

Design

12-month single blind randomized controlled trial of the online tool (Intervention condition, IC) versus an active control tool (CC).

Setting

Patients enrolled in an insurance plan.

Participants

Participants were 408 adults (21-60 years of age) with persistent asthma.

Intervention

At least once each month and before provider visits, participants in the IC answered questions online about their asthma symptoms, asthma medications and asthma care recei

SUBMITTER: Pool AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5291361 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature