Short of finding a cure, the best way to address this problem is to give people with asthma the resources they need to control their condition, as maintaining “asthma control improves quality of life, decreases medical expenditures, and increases productivity at work and school” [5].
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The authors hypothesize that an approach using technology based delivery methods to provide age-appropriate education, which promotes self-regulation and includes psychosocial elements, could help children with asthma decrease exacerbations in the short term and establish healthy habits in the long term.
To lay the groundwork for the initial investigation of this hypothesis, the authors reviewed the literature for three elements: audience (children with asthma), content (self-regulation and psychosocial elements), and media (mobile technology applications and digital story).
Childhood asthma is a growing societal problem that causes suffering for children and families.
It is widespread; 6.8 million children in the United States, or one in eleven, were diagnosed in 2010 [2].
For this literature review, First Report Managed Care (FRMC) identified 2 studies3,4 that examine potential new treatment options for asthma and provide an overview of the findings, including the recently FDA-approved mepolizumab. Asthma Facts—CDC’s National Asthma Control Program Grantees.
The interleukin (IL)-5 antagonist is indicated for add-on maintenance treatment of patients with severe asthma who are age 12 years or older and with an eosinophilic phenotype.5 ASTHMA DRUGS IN THE PIPELINE Mc Ivor et al4 reviewed a number of therapeutic options for the treatment of symptomatic asthma that are currently in development.
To lay the groundwork for the initial investigation of this hypothesis, the authors reviewed the literature for three elements: audience (children), content(self-regulation and psychosocial elements), and media (mobile technology applications and digital story).
For this inquiry, 86 references were reviewed following a search of Pub Med, CINAHL, Psych Info, and Google Scholar using the following key words: childhood asthma, pediatric asthma, mobile apps, computer games, cognitive development, self-management behavior, teaching through story, storytelling, and computer-assisted instruction.
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