Desenvolvimento de um sistema automatizado baseado na adoção de Dispositivo Móvel para auxiliar o automanejo da asma em adultos

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic disease associated with airway hyperresponsiveness and variable airflow obstruction, with symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing. The World Health Organization estimates that there are 235 million asthmatics in the world. One of the major difficulties in treatment is to establish the level of asthma control. Lack of knowledge of the level of control itself may adversely affect treatment. International and national guidelines point to self-management as the best way to follow up asthma treatment and measure the level of control. To perform this self-management, patients should complete a questionnaire about the history of their symptoms and perform a peak expiratory flow test, determining the level of control. One of the questionnaires used is the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ). However, using current techniques using a written questionnaire reduces the interest to measure the level control and adherence to treatment. This work proposes a system based on the adoption of mobile device to promote tools with the objective of assisting the self-management of asthma. The system consists of an application on the Android® platform in which the patient can fill the ACQ questionnaire, a WEB platform for the physician to follow data generated by patients and Firebase® services to manage the services online. In a preliminary test, 22 people used the application for 4 weeks. A survey of 9 people in this group pointed out that 89% would use the system regularly. The proposed system may contribute positively to the treatment of asthma by providing tools to aid self-management.