Randomized, cross-over evaluation of mobile phone vs paper diary in subjects with mild to moderate persistent asthma.
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2009-05-04
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UNLABELLED Diaries are frequently used to evaluate therapy Forgetfulness however can lead to missed entries With paper diaries these missing entries can be backfilled compromising the reasons for using a diary Electronic diaries are a potential means of mitigating this limitation The pilot study was conducted to evaluate use of a mobile phone diary Twelve subjects with mild persistent asthma were randomly assigned to mobile or paper diary for 2 weeks and then crossed over to use the other diary type for next 2 weeks Of the 12 subjects 7 preferred the mobile diary However the mean prevalence of missing data was greater when using the mobile 18 9 compared to paper diary 9 4 P 0 05 In conclusion the mobile diary was preferred by slightly more subjects The greater prevalence of missing data when using this diary most likely results from the inability to backfill missing entries TRIAL REGISTRATION Clintrials gov NCT00367263 http clinicaltrials gov ct2 show NCT00367263