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Asthma action plans are highly variable and do not conform to best visual design practices.

S Gupta1, F T Wan, F M Ducharme

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. guptas@smh.ca

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Asthma action plans show significant variability in content and visual design, potentially impacting patient usability and effectiveness. Future plans should incorporate evidence-based design principles for better outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Health Informatics
  • Human Factors Engineering

Background:

  • Asthma action plans are recommended for improving patient outcomes but have low physician delivery and patient utilization rates.
  • Current asthma action plans exhibit considerable variability in both content and format.
  • A key factor limiting effectiveness may be the inadequate consideration of visual design and usability principles in plan development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the content and format variations in existing asthma action plans.
  • To assess the adherence of these plans to evidence-based visual design recommendations.

Main Methods:

  • A global collection of 69 unique adult outpatient asthma action plans was gathered from various sources, including the internet, expert recommendations, and published literature.
  • Inductive development of analytic criteria was employed for both format and content analyses.

Main Results:

  • Significant variability was observed in the format of the collected asthma action plans.
  • On average, plans met only 3.5 out of 8 evidence-based visual design recommendations.
  • Content diversity was also noted, with differing descriptions of baseline clinical status and action point instructions.

Conclusions:

  • The wide-ranging variability in asthma action plan content and format hinders direct comparability of research studies.
  • Visual design elements significantly influence plan usability, adoption, and overall effectiveness.
  • Future development of asthma action plans should integrate design evidence and expertise to enhance usability and impact.