Internet-Based Monitoring in the Severe Asthma Research Program Identifies a Subgroup of Patients With Labile Asthma Control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We designed an Internet-Based Monitoring Systems (IBS) survey to facilitate monitoring of asthma symptoms and asthma exacerbations in the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP). Our objective was to evaluate compliance with the IBS survey tool and to explore how data from an IBS tool can inform understanding of asthma phenotypes.

Methods

We invited adult subjects in the SARP III cohort (N = 528) to complete a monthly IBS asthma control survey. We compared the characteristics of subjects who did and those who did not participate in the IBS survey tool. Among subjects who participated in the IBS (IBS+), we identified participants with low, medium, and high Asthma Control Test (ACT) score variability, and we explored asthma morbidity in these three participant subgrou

SUBMITTER: Wong-McGrath K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5815875 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature