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Table 1 Collection of outcome measures and co-variables in chronologic order

From: e-Monitoring of Asthma Therapy to Improve Compliance in children using a real-time medication monitoring system (RTMM): the e-MATIC study protocol

Elapsed time since inclusion (months)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Study visit/patient interview

X

  

X

  

X

  

X

  

X

Registry of patient characteristics

X

            

Adherence to ICS (continuous Real Time Medication Monitoring, RTMM)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Asthma control in past month (Asthma Control Test, ACT)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Asthma control in past 3 months (collecting spirometry data)

X

  

X

  

X

  

X

  

X

Collecting data on healthcare use and school/work absence in the past 3 months

   

X

  

X

  

X

  

X

Collecting number of visits and admissions to hospital for asthma in the past 12 months

X

           

X

Screening public pharmacy dispensing data from the past 12 months (measuring asthma control, healthcare use and medication costs)

            

X

Medication Beliefs (Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire,BMQ)

X

           

X

Asthma specific quality of life in past week (PAQLQ)

X

           

X

Patient acceptance of RTMM (Online Focus Groups, OFGs)

       

X

X

X

X

X

X

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