Asthma Symptom Self-Monitoring Methods for Children and Adolescents: Present and Future
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Asthma Monitoring Methods
2.1. Symptom-Based Monitoring
2.1.1. The Chronic Nature of Asthma
2.1.2. Inability to Detect or Report Nocturnal Symptoms
2.1.3. Symptom Underperception in Severe Cases of Asthma
2.2. Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR) Monitoring
2.3. Early Attempt to Quantify Respiratory Symptoms
2.4. mHealth Approach to Objective Respiratory Symptom Monitoring
3. Limitations
4. Recommendations for Future Research
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Author (Year) | Country | Participants, Sample Size (n), Number of Sound Epochs (ns) | Cough or Wheeze | Se | Sp | PPV | NPV | AUC | P | ACC |
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Rhee et al. (2015) [111] | USA | Children and adolescents (13–17 years) with asthma (n = 84) ns = Not mentioned | Cough | 51.3 | 72.7 | - | - | 0.71 | - | - |
Lonini et al. (2021) [113] | USA | Adults (≥21 years) with COVID-19 (n = 14) ns = Not mentioned | Cough | - | - | - | - | 0.64 | - | - |
Ni et al. (2021) [128] | USA | Adults (≥21 years) with COVID-19 (n = 27) ns = 10,285 | Cough | 87.00 | 96.00 | - | - | 0.97 | 0.85 | 90.00 |
Urban et al. (2022) [131] | Germany | Children and adolescents (1–17 years) with and without respiratory conditions (n = 115) ns = 92,976 | Cough | 89.70 | 99.70 | 79.43 | 99.86 | - | - | 99.50 |
Wheeze | 97.60 | 97.90 | 71.03 | 99.87 | - | - | 97.90 | |||
Kuhn et al. (2023) [130] | Switzerland | Adults (≥18 years) with respiratory conditions (n = 27) ns = Not mentioned | Cough | Day 88.55 Night 84.24 | Day 99.97 Night 99.97 | Day 89.68 Night 87.06 | Day 89.68 Night 87.06 | - | - | - |
Sanchez-Morillo et al. (2024) [115] | Spain | Male and female participants without a specified age group (n = 23) ns = 1217 | Cough | 90.25 | 94.70 | - | - | - | 0.95 | 92.21 |
Tzavelis et al. (2024) [129] | USA | Children (3–18 years) with cystic fibrosis (n = 50) ns = Not mentioned | Cough | - | - | - | - | 0.97 | 0.96 | 95.00 |
Chaccour et al. (2025) [125] | USA | Adults (≥21 years) with respiratory conditions (n = 28) ns = 4454 | Cough | 90.4 | - | 87.5 | - | - | - | - |
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