Symptom Monitoring Algorithm

How it works

Risks & contraindications

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Highlighted claims

• The first three consecutive days of app responses are averaged to establish each participant’s baseline score. — Study protocol for testing a mobile app designed to improve health literacy and self-management in people with bronchiectasis: the ANIMA app
• A score increase of at least 3 points from baseline triggers orange or red alerts depending on persistence duration. — Study protocol for testing a mobile app designed to improve health literacy and self-management in people with bronchiectasis: the ANIMA app
• Haemoptysis triggers an immediate alert in the ANIMA algorithm. — Study protocol for testing a mobile app designed to improve health literacy and self-management in people with bronchiectasis: the ANIMA app
• Pulmonologists make all clinical decisions after alerts, while trained medical students collect initial triage data under supervision. — Study protocol for testing a mobile app designed to improve health literacy and self-management in people with bronchiectasis: the ANIMA app
• ANIMA’s questionnaire scores cough, sputum volume, sputum color, haemoptysis, dyspnoea, systemic symptoms, and fever using symptom-specific rules. — Study protocol for testing a mobile app designed to improve health literacy and self-management in people with bronchiectasis: the ANIMA app
• The alert thresholds were informed by the European consensus definition of bronchiectasis exacerbation by Hill and colleagues. — Study protocol for testing a mobile app designed to improve health literacy and self-management in people with bronchiectasis: the ANIMA app