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Beydon N, Taillé C, Corvol H, Valcke J, Portal JJ, Plantier L, Mangiapan G, Perisson C, Aubertin G, Hadchouel A, Briend G, Guilleminault L, Neukirch C, Cros P, Appere de Vecchi C, Mahut B, Vicaut E, Delclaux C. Digital Action Plan (Web App) for Managing Asthma Exacerbations: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res 2023; 25:e41490. [PMID: 37255277 PMCID: PMC10365576 DOI: 10.2196/41490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND A written action plan (WAP) for managing asthma exacerbations is recommended. OBJECTIVE We aimed to compare the effect on unscheduled medical contacts (UMCs) of a digital action plan (DAP) accessed via a smartphone web app combined with a WAP on paper versus that of the same WAP alone. METHODS This randomized, unblinded, multicenter (offline recruitment in private offices and public hospitals), and parallel-group trial included children (aged 6-12 years) or adults (aged 18-60 years) with asthma who had experienced at least 1 severe exacerbation in the previous year. They were randomized to a WAP or DAP+WAP group in a 1:1 ratio. The DAP (fully automated) provided treatment advice according to the severity and previous pharmacotherapy of the exacerbation. The DAP was an algorithm that recorded 3 to 9 clinical descriptors. In the app, the participant first assessed the severity of their current symptoms on a 10-point scale and then entered the symptom descriptors. Before the trial, the wordings and ordering of these descriptors were validated by 50 parents of children with asthma and 50 adults with asthma; the app was not modified during the trial. Participants were interviewed at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months to record exacerbations, UMCs, and WAP and DAP use, including the subjective evaluation (availability and usefulness) of the action plans, by a research nurse. RESULTS Overall, 280 participants were randomized, of whom 33 (11.8%) were excluded because of the absence of follow-up data after randomization, leaving 247 (88.2%) participants (children: n=93, 37.7%; adults: n=154, 62.3%). The WAP group had 49.8% (123/247) of participants (children: n=45, 36.6%; mean age 8.3, SD 2.0 years; adults: n=78, 63.4%; mean age 36.3, SD 12.7 years), and the DAP+WAP group had 50.2% (124/247) of participants (children: n=48, 38.7%; mean age 9.0, SD 1.9 years; adults: n=76, 61.3%; mean age 34.5, SD 11.3 years). Overall, the annual severe exacerbation rate was 0.53 and not different between the 2 groups of participants. The mean number of UMCs per year was 0.31 (SD 0.62) in the WAP group and 0.37 (SD 0.82) in the DAP+WAP group (mean difference 0.06, 95% CI -0.12 to 0.24; P=.82). Use per patient with at least 1 moderate or severe exacerbation was higher for the WAP (33/65, 51% vs 15/63, 24% for the DAP; P=.002). Thus, participants were more likely to use the WAP than the DAP despite the nonsignificant difference between the action plans in the subjective evaluation. Median symptom severity of the self-evaluated exacerbation was 4 out of 10 and not significantly different from the symptom severity assessed by the app. CONCLUSIONS The DAP was used less often than the WAP and did not decrease the number of UMCs compared with the WAP alone. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02869958; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02869958.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicole Beydon
- Unité Fonctionnelle de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 938, Centre de Recherche Saint Antoine, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, F-75012, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie et Centre de Référence Constitutif des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 1152, Université Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne Université, F-75012, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, F-75015 Paris, Hôpital Privé Armand Brillard, F-94130, Paris, France
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- Clinical Research Unit Saint-Louis Lariboisière, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Paris Cité, F-75010, Paris, France
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- Département de Pneumologie et Explorations Fonctionnelles Respiratoires, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale unité 1100, Université de Tours, F-37000, Tours, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Interrégional de Créteil, F-94010, Créteil, France
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- Service de Pneumologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, Sorbonne Université, F-75012, Paris, France
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- Centre de pneumologie et d'allergologie de l'enfant, F-92100, Boulogne Billancourt, France
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- Service de Pneumologie Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence pour les Maladies Respiratoires Rares de l'Enfant, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Paris Cité, F-75015, Paris, France
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- Service de Pneumologie, Centre hospitalier de Pontoise, F-95303, Cergy Pontoise, France
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- Département de Pneumologie et Allergologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Purpan, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique U5282, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1291, Toulouse Institute for Infectious, Inflammatory Disease, Toulouse, France
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- Service de Pneumologie et Centre de Référence Constitutif des Maladies Pulmonaires Rares, Hôpital Bichat, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale 1152, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Département de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Universitaire Morvan, F-29200, Brest, France
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- Clinical Research Unit Saint-Louis Lariboisière, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Paris Cité, F-75010, Paris, France
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- Service de Physiologie Pédiatrique-Centre du Sommeil, Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale NeuroDiderot, Université de Paris Cité, F-75019, Paris, France
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"Characteristics of patients admitted to emergency department for asthma attack: a real-LIFE study". BMC Pulm Med 2019; 19:107. [PMID: 31208388 PMCID: PMC6580601 DOI: 10.1186/s12890-019-0869-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Asthma is a chronic disease affecting 30 million people in Europe under 45y. Poor control of Asthma is the main cause of emergency-department (ED) access, becoming the strongest determinant of the economic burden of asthma management. Objective To examine the characteristics of adult patients admitted to ED for acute asthma attack, focusing on previous diagnosis of asthma (DA) and current therapy. Methods During a one-year period, a structured questionnaire, assessing asthma diagnosis and management, was administered to all patients admitted for asthma attack, to the ED of a South-Italy town. Only patients with subsequently confirmed asthma were enrolled. The data on oxygen saturation (Sat.O2), heart and respiratory-rate, severity code ED-admission, hospitalization or discharge, had been obtained. Results Two hundred one patients (mean 50.3ys), were enrolled. One hundred eighteen had a DA, made 17.5 ± 5.88 years before, and 35.6% had a specialist-examination in the last year. 53.3% of DA-patients used a self-medication before ED access with short-acting-beta-2-agonist and oral-corticosteroids, although none had a written-asthma-action-plan (WAAP). Almost all DA-patients were on regular therapy: inhaled-corticosteroids (ICS) in 61%, associated with LABA in 85%. 16.7% of DA-patients had previous DA-access. The overall hospitalization-rate was 39%, higher in DA compared to unknown asthmatic patients (UA)(p = 0.017). Significant risk factors for hospitalization were Sat-O2 ≤ 94% breathing ambient air (OR9.91, p < 0.001), inability-to-complete a sentence (OR9.42,p < 0.001) and the age (OR1.02,p = 0.049). Conclusion Despite the asthma guidelines-recommendation, up to 40% of patients received the asthma diagnosis in ED, only 61% of DA-patients were taking ICS. It is disappointing that DA-patients did not have a WAAP, which could explain the poor patient-self-medication at ED admission. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12890-019-0869-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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