OBJECTIVE: Determine whether home asthma telemonitoring using store-and-forward technology improves outcomes when compared to in-person, office-based visits.
Who can participate
Age range6 Years – 17 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of persistent asthma as defined using the NHLBI Expert Panel Report -2 guidelines Assignment of severity classification will be made at the beginning of the study based on severity of disease off therapy.
* Dependent of active duty or retired US military personnel
* 6 to 17 years of age
* Not moving from Oahu for 12 months after entry into study
* Ability to receive cable modem hook-up in home
* Willingness to learn to record and send MDI + spacer technique and peak flow two times week
* Willing to attend asthma education follow-up visits either in person or electronically at 2- weeks, 6- weeks, 3-months and 6-month intervals after initiation into the study.
* Willing to complete survey at the end of study period.
* Willing to sign informed, written consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosis of mild intermittent asthma as defined by Expert Panel Report -2 guidelines.
* \<6 and \>17 years of age
* Family leaving Oahu within 12 months
* Inability to receive cable modem hook-up in home
* Unwilling or unable to learn to record and send MDI + spacer technique and peak flow and/or to attend asthma education follow-up visits either in person or electronically at initiation into study and at 2- weeks, 6- weeks, 3-months and 6 month intervals.
* Unwilling to complete survey at the end of study period.
* Patients or parents who decline to participate.
* Patients with other chronic pulmonary disease (cystic fibrosis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia)