Asthma self – management aplication (ASMA) / Dewi Asyikin Ajes

The usage of smartphones has increased drastically because the user wants better specification or technical standard that could support all the software and the other application for example applications for games, education, mobile banking and application for health. Pusat Kesihatan UiTM has a record book complete with asthma action plan for asthma patients but as the smartphone technology grows the patients prefer to have an application that could manage their asthma through mobile phones. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways which is associated with exaggerated airway where it narrowing response to triggers, such as allergens and exercise that leads to recurrent symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing. Asthma Action Plan is self-management education and specific advice as to how to recognize loss of asthma control. The action plan is based on zones of asthma care defined by the peak expiratory flow (PEF) rate and symptoms. A peak expiratory flow (PEF) is a way to measure how much air patients can blow out of their lungs in one second. The discovery phase and the design phase of Enterprise Mobile Application Lifecycle includes interview with Dr. Shawaludin bin Haji Husin from Klinik Noridah, which helps in determining the requirements. The ASMA was designed and a prototype was developed.