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Context-aware solutions for asthma condition management: a survey

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The evolution of information technology has allowed the development of ubiquitous, user-centred, and context-aware solutions. This article considers existing context-aware systems supporting asthma management with the aim of describing their main benefits and opportunities for improvement. To achieve this, the main concepts related to asthma and context awareness are explained before describing and analysing the existing context-aware systems aiding asthma. The survey shows that the concept of personalisation is the key when developing context-aware solutions supporting asthma management because of the high level of heterogeneity of this condition. Hence, the benefits and challenges of context-aware systems supporting asthma management are strongly linked to contextual Just-In-Time information of internal and external factors related to a person and the heterogeneity it represents.

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    Mario Quinde, Nawaz Khan & Juan Carlos Augusto

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Quinde, M., Khan, N., Augusto, J.C. et al. Context-aware solutions for asthma condition management: a survey. Univ Access Inf Soc 19, 571–593 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-018-0641-5

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