Comparison With Prior Work
allergic, asthma, exacerbations
ASTHMA
Our participants had typical asthma, usually with an allergic component, and the vast majority was on asthma controller therapy. As expected, the exacerbation rate was similar between the 2 groups during follow-up. Nevertheless, only approximately half (141/247, 57.1%) of the participants experienced exacerbations, whereas we expected a proportion of 80% based on the literature [Systematic reviews of smartphone self-management apps and tablet self-management applications for asthma available in 2013 and 2019, respectively, suggested that the current evidence was insufficient to make clinical recommendations [Our study extends the results of previous trials devoted to improving asthma control [Many parents and patients did not use the action plans. It has been stated that professionally provided medically focused action plans that do not fit with and incorporate the patient’s and carer’s views of asthma and their management strategies will continue to be underutilized [