Utilization and Outcomes Associated with Mobile-Based Asthma Action Plans Compared to Paper Asthma Action Plans Among Adolescents

Written asthma action plans.

T he first British guidelines for the management of asthma in adults published in 1990 clearly recommended self-management of asthma. The exact statement read: ‘‘As far as possible, patients should be trained to manage their own treatment rather than be required to consult their doctor before making changes’’. Similar advice has been repeated in subsequent revisions of the UK guidelines and in ...

Do Written Asthma Action Plans Improve Outcomes?

With appropriate management, children with asthma should expect few symptoms, no limits on activity, rare exacerbations, and normal lung function. Appropriate education of parents and other caregivers of children with asthma has clearly been shown to help achieve these goals. Although recommended in asthma guidelines, providing written asthma action plans does not improve outcomes beyond asthma...

Prevalence of asthma and asthma action plans in South Australia: population surveys from 1990 to 2001.

OBJECTIVES To assess trends in the prevalence of self-reported doctor-diagnosed asthma, associated asthma related morbidity, and the uptake of written asthma action plans in South Australia, 1990-2001. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Surveys by telephone interview of the South Australian population between 1990 and 2001, and interview of participants in their own homes by trained health inte...

Review: individualized written action plans based on peak expiratory flow improve asthma health outcomes.

A qualitative study of action plans for asthma.

OBJECTIVES To investigate the perspectives of patients with asthma on the use of an action plan and the implementation of this plan during an asthma attack that culminated in a visit to an emergency department. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING Tertiary teaching hospital, suburban hospital, and rural hospital. PARTICIPANTS 62 patients aged 18 to 69 years who presented to an emergency depa...