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Designing an Augmented Reality Smartphone Application for the Enhancement of Asthma Care Education

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Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL 2017)

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Uncontrolled asthma puts a significant financial burden on health care providers and is the highest cause of asthma related hospitalisation and mortality. Maintaining asthma control requires that patients follow several processes, including; correct usage of inhalers, identification and avoidance of environmental triggers, and the development of an asthma action plan. MySpira was developed as an approach to supplement existing asthma care educational materials for young people (aged between 7 & 13) that utilises mobile augmented reality technology and gamification techniques to improve knowledge retention and user engagement.

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  1. University of Suffolk, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK

    Chris Janes & Mohamed Adbel-Maguid

  2. Orbital Media, Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK

    Tom Andrews

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Janes, C., Andrews, T., Adbel-Maguid, M. (2018). Designing an Augmented Reality Smartphone Application for the Enhancement of Asthma Care Education. In: Auer, M., Tsiatsos, T. (eds) Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning. IMCL 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 725. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75175-7_2

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