Using Mobile Phones to Improve Adherence to Inhaled Steroids

Refined ADEPT: Human Augmentics for Sustained Wellbeing

This study has two main goals. The first goal is to test whether a mobile phone intervention can increase adherence to daily inhaled steroid medications in African American adolescents prescribed this type of medication by his/her asthma doctor. The second goal is to use a mobile phone intervention to better understand real life patterns of use of quick-relief (beta2-adrenergic agonist) asthma medication in this population.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 11-16 years of age
• self-identify as African American
• have persistent asthma
• be on a prescription daily inhaled corticosteroid medication for asthma
• be on a prescription inhaled beta2-adrenergic agonist medication for asthma

Exclusion Criteria:

• candidate refusal
• the presence of other co-morbidities that could interfere wtih study participation
• > 60% adherence to inhaled corticosteroid medication, measured by the electronic dose counter, during the run-in period