Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics
This study investigates the use of a mobile / portable computing device (Palm OS based PDA) together with a specially written application ('AsthmAware') to assist in management strategies in asthmatic patients and to improve patient and caregiver awareness of the medical condition. Most of...
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| author | Low, Siew Teong. |
| author2 | Lun, Kwok Chan |
| author_facet | Lun, Kwok Chan Low, Siew Teong. |
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| description | This study investigates the use of a mobile / portable computing device (Palm OS based PDA) together with a specially written application ('AsthmAware') to assist in management strategies in asthmatic patients and to improve patient and caregiver awareness of the medical condition. Most of the users of AsthmAware found the program useful, easy to use and felt subjectively that it had improved their knowledge of the condition. Such a device was found to be effective in improving patient and caregiver awareness. However a drawback was the limited use of Palm OS based PDAs amongst asthmatic patients and their caregivers. Thus AsthmAware would need to be tested in a larger sample to validate the findings of this study. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/23812023-03-04T00:31:04Z Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics Low, Siew Teong. Lun, Kwok Chan School of Computer Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences This study investigates the use of a mobile / portable computing device (Palm OS based PDA) together with a specially written application ('AsthmAware') to assist in management strategies in asthmatic patients and to improve patient and caregiver awareness of the medical condition. Most of the users of AsthmAware found the program useful, easy to use and felt subjectively that it had improved their knowledge of the condition. Such a device was found to be effective in improving patient and caregiver awareness. However a drawback was the limited use of Palm OS based PDAs amongst asthmatic patients and their caregivers. Thus AsthmAware would need to be tested in a larger sample to validate the findings of this study. Master of Science (Bioinformatics) 2008-09-17T09:01:35Z 2008-09-17T09:01:35Z 2005 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2381 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences Low, Siew Teong. Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| title | Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| title_full | Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| title_fullStr | Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| title_short | Use of a mobile/portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| title_sort | use of a mobile portable computing device to assist in management strategies and to increase patient and caregiver awareness in asthmatics |
| topic | DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences |
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