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Asthma Self-monitoring Through Near Real-time Patient Engagement: Opportunities and Lessons Learned from the Asthma Mobile Health Study

Chan Y, Zweig M, Agarwal K, Genes N, Savic R.

RDD Europe 2017. Volume 1, 2017: 77-86.

Abstract:

The Asthma Mobile Health Study (AMHS) is a prospective, observational study in asthma conducted using the Asthma Health Application (AHA) co-developed at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in partnership with Apple and Sage Bionetworks. The study was designed to enable the large-scale enrollment and consent of research participants and provide interactive and near real-time feedback to the study participants. 7,593 participants enrolled in the study. Longitudinal, multidimensional data, including surveys, devices, and geolocation data, were collected from a subset of users over the six-month period.

This article highlights the key findings from the study and addresses the strengths and limitations of this mHealth approach. Quality and validity of the study data were evaluated and supported by agreement between the patient’s self-reported asthma status at baseline and prospectively collected data. The challenges of selection bias, reporting bias, and user retention are also discussed.