RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Asthma control test administered by web-based text messaging (short message service-SMS): Is it comparable with paper form?
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P502
VO 40
IS Suppl 56
A1 Mehmet Atilla Uysal
A1 Dilsad Mungan
A1 Arzu Yorgancioglu
A1 Fusun Yildiz
A1 Metin Akgun
A1 Bilun Gemicioglu
A1 Gulcihan Ozkan
A1 Insu Yilmaz
A1 Mine Incioglu
A1 Hasim Boyaci
A1 Sibel Atis
A1 Aslihan Yalcin
A1 Nazan Gulhan Bayram
A1 Figen Deveci
A1 Didem Pulur
A1 Eylem Selcan Özgür
A1 Berna Dursun
A1 Yilmaz Bülbül
A1 Ebru Sulu
A1 Veysel Yilmaz
A1 Haluk Turktas
YR 2012
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P502.abstract
AB The Turkish version of Asthma Control Test (ACT) has been validated to determine asthma control. The use of web-based ACT via text messaging (Short Message Service-SMS) might be beneficial in the evaluation of control level of asthmatic patients without outpatient clinic visits.We aimed to compare the paper form of Turkish version of ACT and web-based ACT via text messaging and to evaluate their correlations with The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) based-physician's assessment of asthma control.In this multicenter prospective observational study, 431 asthma patients were randomized into two groups either to fill in the paper form (n:220) or to reply text messages directed from a website to a mobile phone(n:211). Both ACTs (paper and text message) were completed by the patients at first admission, after10±2 days and 5±1 weeks and asthma control was also assessed by the physicians according to GINA criteria at the outpatients clinics.The reliability of the Turkish version of ACT was found 0.84 and 0.82 (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest reliability was 0.85 and 0.80 in the paper and the text messaging groups, respectively. In both groups, ACTs well correlated with the physician's assessment at admission (r=0.70,p<0.001 and r=0.60, p<0.001 for paper and text messaging groups, respectively).Both self-administered paper and web-based ACT via text messaging were closely associated with physician's assessment of asthma control. Our study suggest that ACT may reliably be administered through text messaging and provides evaluating of asthma control on a mobile phone but it should also be further tested for using out of outpatient clinic.