Feasibility of text message follow-up for pediatric asthma care after an emergency department visit

Background: Many children seen in the Emergency Department (ED) for asthma do not follow-up with their primary care provider. Text messaging via short message service (SMS) is a ubiquitous, but untested means of providing post-ED asthma follow-up care.Objective: To evaluate responses to an asthma assessment survey via SMS following an ED visit and estimate the likelihood of response by sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Methods: We recruited 173 parents of children 2-17 years-old presenting for ED asthma care to receive a follow-up text (participation rate: 85%). One month later, parents received via SMS a 22-item survey that assessed asthma morbidity. We assessed response rates overall and by various sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, including age, parental education, and indicators of asthma severity.Results: Overall, 55% of parents (n = 95) responded to the SMS survey. In multivariable logistic regression (MLR), parents who graduated high school had a four-fold higher response rate compared to parents with less than a high school degree (OR: 4.05 (1.62, 10.13)). More parents of children with oral steroid use in the prior 12 months responded to survey items (OR: 2.53 (1.2, 5.31)). Reported asthma characteristics included: 48% uncontrolled, 22% unimproved/worse, 21% with sleep disruption, and 10% who were hospitalized for asthma.Conclusions: Text messaging may be a viable strategy to improve post-ED asthma assessment and to identify children with persistent symptoms in need of enhanced care or modification of care plans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma - 61(2024), 2 vom: 29. Jan., Seite 140-147

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hall, Kaitlin [VerfasserIn]
Barry, Frances [VerfasserIn]
Thompson, Lindsey R [VerfasserIn]
Ravandi, Bahareh [VerfasserIn]
Hall, Jeanine E [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Todd P [VerfasserIn]
Halterman, Jill S [VerfasserIn]
Szilagyi, Peter G [VerfasserIn]
Okelo, Sande O [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Emergency department
Follow-up
Journal Article
Pediatric asthma
SMS
Text messaging

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Date Completed 10.01.2024

Date Revised 10.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/02770903.2023.2248507

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361086695