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Objective: Toinvestigatethefeasibilityofusinganautomatedinteractivevoiceresponse(IVR)systemandmobileshortmessageservice(SMS)forthecollectionofclinicalinformationandtheeducationofchildrenwithasthma.
Methods:Weconductedpilotstudiestoinvestigatethefeasibilityoftwodifferenttelephone-basedtelemedicinesystems.OurpaperpresentsareviewofactivityrecordedfromAugust2006toSeptember2007.
IVR Monitoring: Childrenandyoungpeopleagedbetween3throughto16yearswithasthmawereeligibleforthestudy.TheparticipantsreceivedanautomatedtelephonecallmadethroughtheIVRsystemtwiceaweekontheirhomephoneormobilephone.TheIVRsystemaskedquestionsaboutasthmasymptomsandmedicationuse.Childrenover12yearsoldansweredcallsthemselves.Parentsansweredcallsforchildrenyoungerthan12yearsold.Participantswererequestedtoenterclinicaldatausingthekeypadonthephone.Educationalmessages,appropriateinformationfromtheasthmamanagementplanandmedicationremindersweregiven(Figure1).
SMS Monitoring:Adolescentsagedbetween12throughto16yearswithasthmawereeligibleforthemonitoringviamobilephoneusingSMS.Threemessageswere sent out each week. The first message included questionsabouttheirasthmasymptomsandmedication-inwhichparticipantswereaskedtoreply.Theothermessagesincludedasthmaeducationalinformation.
Results:IntheIVRstudy,38patientsaged3to14yearsand/ortheirparentsparticipatedinthestudy.Atotalof2026callswereattemptedbyIVRsystem.Therewere1278successfulcallswithdatacollectedand579calls(29%)withnoanswerduetovarietyofreasons.Atotalof169calls(8%)failedduetotechnicalandoperatorerrors.Theoverallresponseratewas63%(Table1).
Table 1. InteractiveVoiceResponsecallsandresponserate
IVRasthmacalls Numberofcalls Rate
Successfulcalls 1278 63%
Callsnotanswered 579 29%
Callsfailed 169 8%
Totalcallsattempted 2026 100%
IntheSMSstudy,11adolescentsagedbetween12to16yearsparticipatedinthestudy.Thereweretotalof1151SMSsentduringthestudyperiod.Theseincludedatotalof312asthmaweeklyquestions,547asthmaeducationalmessagesand292communicationmessages.Therewere89repliesfromnineparticipants.Twopatientsdidnotreplytothequestions.Theoverallresponseratewas29%(Table2).Fromthemessagesreceived,theparticipantsrespondedpositivelytotheasthmaeducationmessages.
Table 2.SMSmessagesandresponseratetoasthmaquestions:
SMSmessages Numberofmessages Rate
SMSquestions 312 27%
Replytoquestions 89 29%
Education 547 48%
Communication 292 25%
TotalSMSsent 1151 100%
Conclusion: ThisstudysuggeststhatbothIVRandSMSplatformsarefeasibleforpaediatricasthmadatacollectionandpatienteducation.Furtherresearchisrequiredtodeterminetheclinicaloutcomesandcost-effectiveness.
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CathyXu1,DavidMcMahon2,ClaireWainwright3,4,MaryJackson3,AnthonyCSmith1andRichardWootton1
1CentreforOnlineHealth,UniversityofQueensland,Australia2Compvice,Ashmore,Queensland,Australia3RoyalChildren’sHospital,Brisbane,Australia4DepartmentofPaediatricsandChildHealth,UniversityofQueensland,Australia
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Feasibility of Automatic Telephone Monitoring and
Education Delivery in Childhood Asthma