A Systematic Evaluation of Asthma Management Apps Examining Behavior Change Techniques.

Background: Mobile health (mHealth) apps have the potential to facilitate asthma self-management by including medication reminders, allowing self-monitoring of symptoms, improving access and quality of information communicated with provider, and providing educational resources to patients and parents. Many apps exist for asthma management; however, the extent to which apps include evidence-based behavior change strategies has not been examined.

Objective: To review the content and quality of mHealth asthma management apps that are available to patients.