A Method to Assess Adherence in Inhaler Use through Analysis of Acoustic Recordings of Inhaler Events

Shona D'Arcy,Elaine MacHale,Jansen Seheult,Martin S. Holmes,Cian Hughes,Imran Sulaiman,Deirdre Hyland,Conor OReilly,Senan Glynn,Thekra Al-Zaabi,John McCourt,Terence E. Taylor,Frank Keane,Isabelle Killane,Richard B. Reilly,Richard W. Costello

A Method to Assess Adherence in Inhaler Use through Analysis of Acoustic Recordings of Inhaler Events

2014

Shona D'Arcy
Elaine MacHale
Jansen Seheult
Martin S. Holmes
Cian Hughes
Imran Sulaiman
Deirdre Hyland
Conor OReilly
Senan Glynn
Thekra Al-Zaabi
John McCourt
Terence E. Taylor
Frank Keane
Isabelle Killane
Richard B. Reilly
Richard W. Costello

Rationale Poor adherence to inhaler use can be due to poor temporal and/or technique adherence. Up until now there has been no way of reliably tracking both these factors in everyday inhaler use.

Keywords:

Medical physics
Inhaler
Asthma
Audio signal processing
Medicine
Physical therapy
poor adherence
Medical emergency
patient compliance

Correction
Source
Cite
Save
Machine Reading By IdeaReader

References

Citations