Chérrez-Ojeda Iván, Plaza Karin, Cano José A, Calderón Juan Carlos, Chérrez Annia, Baptist Alan, Calero Erick, Hoyos Rodrigo, Beltrán Patricio, Cruz Víctor, Ramón Germán, Simancas Daniel
Respiralab, Research Group. Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Rev Alerg Mex. 2017 Oct-Dec;64(4):403-414. doi: 10.29262/ram.v64i4.277.
Inadequate communication between asthmatic patients and their physicians may interfere directly with asthma control. In the last years, the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) it has increased in Latin-America. This technology seems to be a good tool to improve communication and management of the asthmatic patient.
We evaluated the frequency and preference patterns of communication and information technologies in Ecuadorian patients with bronchial asthma.
We conducted a pilot cross-sectional study to identify the frequency and preferences of ICT in patients with asthma. The Spanish version of the Michigan questionnaire was used. Age and educational level were categorized into 3 groups. We used logistic regression between these groups regarding the frequency of use, interest in seeking and receiving information related to their asthma for the age and educational level of the patients.
A total of 222 patients participated in our study. The mean age was 45.6 years (SD 17.4), the most common sex was female with 89.25 %. Almost all patients had a cell phone (87.5 %) and internet access (62.7 %). The three ICTs most likely to be used to search for or receive information about their illness were WhatsApp, Facebook and email (p <0.05).
Information and communication technologies improve the care of asthmatic patients. In our pilot study email and text messages are the most preferred ICT among patients however WhatsApp and Facebook may be appropriate for certain ages especially young asthmatic. Knowledge of preferences can help the development of ICT in a personalized way and improve the outcomes in patients with asthma.
哮喘患者与其医生之间沟通不足可能会直接干扰哮喘控制。在过去几年中，拉丁美洲信息通信技术（ICT）的使用有所增加。这项技术似乎是改善哮喘患者沟通与管理的良好工具。
我们评估了厄瓜多尔支气管哮喘患者使用通信和信息技术的频率及偏好模式。
我们开展了一项试点横断面研究，以确定哮喘患者使用ICT的频率和偏好。使用了密歇根问卷的西班牙语版本。年龄和教育水平分为3组。我们针对患者的年龄和教育水平，在这些组之间就使用频率、寻求和接收与哮喘相关信息的兴趣进行了逻辑回归分析。
共有222名患者参与了我们的研究。平均年龄为45.6岁（标准差17.4），最常见的性别为女性，占89.25%。几乎所有患者都有手机（87.5%）和互联网接入（62.7%）。最有可能用于搜索或接收有关其疾病信息的三种ICT是WhatsApp、Facebook和电子邮件（p<0.05）。
信息通信技术改善了哮喘患者的护理。在我们的试点研究中，电子邮件和短信是患者中最受欢迎的ICT，然而WhatsApp和Facebook可能适用于某些年龄段，尤其是年轻哮喘患者。了解偏好有助于以个性化方式开发ICT，并改善哮喘患者的治疗效果。
