Comparison of outcomes between patients under eCARE programme and routine care at 5 weeks
| eCARE (n=166) | Routine (n=170) | P value | |
| Poor/partial to well controlled, n (%) | 115 (69.3) | 138 (81.2) | 0.016 |
| Poor to well controlled, n (%) | 59 (70.2) | 50 (75.8) | 0.468 |
| Partial to well controlled, n (%) | 56 (68.3) | 88 (84.6) | 0.013 |
| ACT change (baseline to 5 weeks), mean (SD) | 6.6 (5.7) | 7.1 (5.1) | 0.420 |
| Asthma-related ED visits, n (%) | 17 (10.2) | 16 (9.4) | 0.856 |
| Asthma-related admissions, n (%) | 8 (4.8) | 7 (4.1) | 0.797 |
| Satisfied with SMS service, n (%) | |||
| Strongly disagree | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Disagree | 4 (2.4) | ||
| Neutral | 4 (2.4) | ||
| Agree | 137 (82.5) | ||
| Strongly agree | 21 (12.7) |
ACT, asthma control test; ED, emergency department; SMS, short message service.