Developing a Digital Medication Adherence Intervention for and With Patients With Asthma and Low Health Literacy: Protocol for a Participatory Design Approach

Background: Current eHealth interventions are poorly adopted by people with low health literacy (LHL) as they often fail to meet their needs, skills, and preferences. A major reason for this poor adoption is the generic, one-size-fits-all approach taken by designers of these interventions, without addressing the needs, skills, and preferences...

Inhealer: Supporting self-management in patients with severe lung conditions using eHealth

Asthma and COPD are the largest chronic respiratory diseases. With an estimated 300 million affected individuals, asthma is a worldwide problem. Currently, it is estimated that 210 million people have COPD which is in 95% of all cases are smoking related. Annual worldwide deaths from asthma have been estimated at 250.000. Whereas COPD is...