What do you think of a mobile app rewarding teenagers each time they use inhalers? |
Your opinion on testing in UK an intervention developed in USA
Teenagers with asthma can sometimes stop or forget taking their asthma inhalers, leading to asthma attacks, hospital admissions and even deaths.
A research group at the Rush University in Chicago has developed a monitoring device for inhalers in conjunction with a mobile app.
The mobile app works by prompting taking inhalers at the right time, monitoring treatment and awarding $1 for every puff taken.
Monitoring data about treatment are additionally securely sent to clinicians via Internet.
This intervention was successful in improving inhaler treatment in 11-16 years old African-American teenagers in a pilot study of 8 weeks.
During this time teenagers were regularly attending asthma clinics.
The theory behind this intervention is that the award motivates a positive change in the inhaler taking behaviour, leading to better asthma control and avoiding unnecessary hospitalization and deaths.
The cost of the intervention to the NHS would be lower compared to the cost of avoidable hospitalisations.
We would like to check whether this intervention has potential for being tested in a similar pilot study with UK 11-16 years old teenagers by asking you 4 questions (5 questions if you are a parent of a teenager with asthma).
The purpose of this survey is to gather views about the design of the intervention to inform a pilot study, therefore does not require ethic approval.
The pilot study will be funded by the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research.
A research group at the Rush University in Chicago has developed a monitoring device for inhalers in conjunction with a mobile app.
The mobile app works by prompting taking inhalers at the right time, monitoring treatment and awarding $1 for every puff taken.
Monitoring data about treatment are additionally securely sent to clinicians via Internet.
This intervention was successful in improving inhaler treatment in 11-16 years old African-American teenagers in a pilot study of 8 weeks.
During this time teenagers were regularly attending asthma clinics.
The theory behind this intervention is that the award motivates a positive change in the inhaler taking behaviour, leading to better asthma control and avoiding unnecessary hospitalization and deaths.
The cost of the intervention to the NHS would be lower compared to the cost of avoidable hospitalisations.
We would like to check whether this intervention has potential for being tested in a similar pilot study with UK 11-16 years old teenagers by asking you 4 questions (5 questions if you are a parent of a teenager with asthma).
The purpose of this survey is to gather views about the design of the intervention to inform a pilot study, therefore does not require ethic approval.
The pilot study will be funded by the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research.