A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study to Assess Medication Adherence in Children With Asthma Managed on BreatheSmart and Feedback

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Non-adherence to controller medication is a common problem in children with Asthma, resulting in overuse of reliever medication, increased asthma symptoms, more frequent Asthma attacks, and increased emergency room visits and hospital admissions. Additionally, current absence of a gold standard to measure adherence forces clinicians and researchers to rely on patient-self report, which is notoriously inaccurate, to support clinical decision making. Many young patients suffer from both intentional and non-intentional non-adherence, thus an appropriate intervention must address both types. Current studies using electronic monitoring devices (EMDs) primarily focus on non-intentional non-adherence through reminder systems and thus are limited in their ability to engage patients for long-term behavior change. This trial addresses an important knowledge gap by evaluating whether EMDs with a combination of reminder system and patient education can prove to be effective in increasing adherence rates and can be used in clinical practice to achieve better asthma control and outcomes through improved patient and clinician engagement.

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