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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Factors Affecting Usage of a Digital Asthma Monitoring Application by Old-Age Asthmatics Living in Inner Central Portugal

Magda Ines Teixeira Abreu1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, PortugalView further author information
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Adalberto Fernandes Santos1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;2 CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;3 Faculty of Medicine, Agostinho Neto University, Luanda, AngolaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-192XView further author information
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Jorge MR Gama4 Center of Mathematics and Applications, Faculty of Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-580XView further author information
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Salete Valente1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;5 Department of Pulmonology, Cova da Beira University Hospital Centre, Covilhã, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9281-2003View further author information
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Maria Jesus Valente1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;5 Department of Pulmonology, Cova da Beira University Hospital Centre, Covilhã, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8973-1373View further author information
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Henrique Pereira6 Psychology and Education Department, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;7 The Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9448-682XView further author information
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Frederico Regateiro2 CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;8 Institute of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;9 Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, CIBB, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;10 Allergy & Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6332-3056View further author information
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Bernardo Sousa-Pinto11 MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal;12 CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, University of Porto, Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1277-3401View further author information
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Maria Teresa Ventura13 Unit of Geriatric Immunoallergology, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy;14 Institute of Science of Food Production, National Research Council (Ispa-Cnr), Bari, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-4583View further author information
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Jean Bousquet15 Institute of Allergology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany;16 Allergology and Immunology, Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, Berlin, Germany;17 Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4061-4766View further author information
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Luis Taborda-Barata1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;2 CICS-UBI – Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;18 UBIAir - Clinical & Experimental Lung Centre, UBIMedical, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;19 Department of Immunoallergology, Cova da Beira University Hospital Centre, Covilhã, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 971-979 | Received 23 Nov 2023, Accepted 01 Apr 2024, Published online: 28 May 2024

Figures & data

Table 1 Sociodemographic Characterisation

Table 2 Asthma and Rhinitis Characterisation

Table 3 Atopic and Non-Atopic Comorbidities

Table 4 Adjusted Odds Ratio for Being Able to Use Mask-Air

Figure 1 Reasons for not using MASK-Air App by Non-users Group asthmatics. Most frequent reasons given by Non-users Group (44 patients) for not using MASK-air; these results show lack of possibility to use the App versus not wanting to use the App (A). Venn diagram showing specific reasons and combinations of reasons given by Non-users Group (44 patients) for not using MASK-Air App (B).

Notes: *Isolated “Digital illiteracy” (n=8); **isolated “Lack of required technology” (n=4); §isolated “Lack of interest” (n=2); #isolated “Distrust” (n=1).
Figure 1 Reasons for not using MASK-Air App by Non-users Group asthmatics. Most frequent reasons given by Non-users Group (44 patients) for not using MASK-air; these results show lack of possibility to use the App versus not wanting to use the App (A). Venn diagram showing specific reasons and combinations of reasons given by Non-users Group (44 patients) for not using MASK-Air App (B).

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