Overview
The goal of this research study is to test how good an app is in making asthma easier to manage for 372 adolescents/young adults. The app is a mobile version of the asthma action plan. mAAP
Description
The proposed project aligns with our prior work targeting high-risk pediatric asthma populations in non-inner city environments by new text Children's Hospital (ACH).
We propose to conduct a 3-arm randomized, controlled trial with 372 adolescents with uncontrolled asthma to test the new text added. provides real-time, personalized feedback, asthma education, and data logging/tracking capabilities
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 12 and <21 years
- Persistent asthma according to national guidelines criteria
- Asthma Control Test (ACT) score 19
- Prescribed a preventive (controller) asthma medication in the past 6 months
- Access to a smartphone compatible with the mAAP
- Access to the internet
- Able to read and speak English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Significant underlying respiratory disease other than asthma, such as cystic fibrosis
- Significant co-morbid conditions, such as moderate to severe developmental delay that could interfere with the adolescent's ability to self-monitor asthma
- Current smoker
- Participation in the investigator's or other asthma clinical trials in the previous 6 months
