Internet-based asthma self-management program for adults improves asthma control and lung function, but does not reduce exacerbations
- Part-time GP in Harrow, London, UK; Centre for Population Health Sciences, GP Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Correspondence to Mark L Levy
Kenton Bridge Medical Centre, 155–175 Kenton Road, Kenton HA3 0YX, UK; marklevy{at}animalswild.com
Many patients with asthma are reluctant to attend their doctor’s office for routine review appointments. As a result, patients miss the opportunity to have their asthma assessed and their inhaler technique checked; they also forgo introduction to and reinforcement of personalised self-management plans (SMPs). Telephone consultations address some of these issues.1 The article by van der Meer and colleagues offers another type of solution to the problem of non-attendance for face-to-face consultations. Their randomised controlled trial compared Internet-based self-management plus education with usual care in asthma.
During a run-in period, the researchers …
