Evaluation of the efficacy of Chinese Children s Asthma Action Plan on the long term management of children with asthma at home Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 2020 Dec 15 100 46 3702 3705 Authors Zhang B Jin R Guan RZ Lin RJ Chang DY Zhang LH Ding J Abstract Objective During the COVID 19 pandemic the electronic questionnaire star was employed to investigate the general situation medication situation and pandemic impact of children diagnosed with asthma in our hospital and enrolled in the electronic platform of the Chinese Children s Asthma Action Plan CCAAP The internet technology and big data were used to grasp the trend and asthma control of children who had been at home for a long time due to the pandemic so as to facilitate the management Methods By random cluster sampling survey method according to the needs and medication adherence score the electronic questionnaire star was designed to conduct a survey among children 0 to 14 years old who diagnosed with asthma and joined the CCAAP on the basis of bronchial asthma medication adherence scale Finally the results of electronic questionnaire survey were analyzed Results A total of 423 questionnaires were sent out 422 of which were valid with an effective response rate of 99 7 The results of questionnaire survey showed that 296 cases were male accounting for 70 1 and 126 cases were female accounting for 29 9 with an average age of 5 4 2 6 years old The average age of males and females was 5 3 2 6 and 5 4 2 6 years old respectively There were more children aged 5 years than children who were younger than 5 years Additionally 13 95 of the parents thought that the pandemic had more than moderate impact on children with asthma and 76 12 of the children were in the green zone and had no asthma attack The proportion of green zone inhaled drugs 79 8 was higher than yellow zone and red zone 49 8 After using the CCAAP platform the dissatisfaction rate was only 1 42 Moreover 71 87 of the children s medical expenses decreased and the proportion of frequent use and intermittent use of antibiotics reduced however the proportion of occasional use and never use of antibiotics increased significantly all P 0 05 The average score of drug compliance was 4 56 and the more frequently the platform was used the higher the score of medication compliance was P 0 05 Conclusions After using CCAAP management with the aid of internet technology children with asthma who had been isolated at home for a long time were less affected by COVID 19 with high medication compliance generally lower medical expenses significantly reduced use of antibiotics and high satisfaction This management mode provides a new idea for internet medicine PMID 33342148 PubMed as supplied by publisher