Electronic reminders and rewards to improve adherence to inhaled asthma treatment in adolescents: a non-randomised feasibility study in tertiary care

ObjectiveTo test the feasibility and acceptability of a short-term reminder and incentives intervention in adolescents with low adherence to asthma medications.MethodsMixed-methods feasibility study in a tertiary care clinic. Adolescents recruited to a 24-week programme with three 8-weekly visits, r...

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Published in:BMJ open 2021-10, Vol.11 (10), p.e053268
Main Authors: De Simoni, Anna, Fleming, Louise, Holliday, Lois, Horne, Robert, Priebe, Stefan, Bush, Andrew, Sheikh, Aziz, Griffiths, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Asthma
Asthma - drug therapy
Communicable Disease Control
Consent
COVID-19
Electronic monitoring
Electronics
Feasibility Studies
Female
Gift cards & certificates
Humans
Incentives
Inhalers
Intervention
Male
Medication Adherence
Monetary incentives
paediatric thoracic medicine
Patients
Pediatrics
Perceptions
Questionnaires
Respiratory Medicine
respiratory medicine (see thoracic medicine)
Reward
SARS-CoV-2
Steroids
Systematic review
Teenagers
Tertiary Healthcare
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Summary:ObjectiveTo test the feasibility and acceptability of a short-term reminder and incentives intervention in adolescents with low adherence to asthma medications.MethodsMixed-methods feasibility study in a tertiary care clinic. Adolescents recruited to a 24-week programme with three 8-weekly visits, receiving electronic reminders to prompt inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) inhalation through a mobile app coupled with electronic monitoring devices (EMD). From the second visit, monetary incentives based on adherence of ICS inhalation: £1 per dose, maximum £2 /day, up to £112/study, collected as gift cards at the third visit. End of study interviews and questionnaires assessing perceptions of asthma and ICS, analysed using the Perceptions and Practicalities Framework.ParticipantsAdolescents (11–18 years) with documented low ICS adherence (
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053268