Adapting and Expanding the Asthma-Educator App

Adapting and Expanding the Algorithmic Software Tool to Help Manage Asthma (ASTHMAXcel) for Youth With Asthma

This project seeks to test and refine an adapted/expanded version of a previously created ASTHMAXcel app.

The study will test the adapted app on participants ages 15-21 (recruited from outpatient primary and specialty care sites at Montefiore) with asthma, for a period of 4 and a half months, and will conduct formative and summative evaluation of the application's functionality and usability. The investigators will also be collecting process and clinical outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• English-speaking individuals between 15-21
• Persistent asthma (diagnosis made by a healthcare provider)
• On a daily controller medication
• Able to give informed consent
• Smartphone (iOS or Android) access

Exclusion Criteria:

• Use of oral corticosteroids in the 2 weeks prior to the baseline visit
• Pregnancy
• Severe psychiatric or cognitive problems that would prohibit an individual from understanding and completing the protocol
• Patients that previously received the ASTHMA-Educator application