COINCIDING with World Asthma Day, Asthma Australia has launched its Australian-developed mobile application named Kiss MyAsthma.
The new tool will support young people to manage their asthma and improve their quality of life, Asthma Australia said, adding that this is the first asthma app to use a co-design model, with young people actively involved in deciding the app's content and design.
Asthma Australia funded a team of researchers, clinicians and app developers led by the University of Sydney to create the app to address the needs of young people, who also gave the app its decidedly memorable name.
Kiss MyAsthma users receive notifications from a cast of monster characters who provide friendly reminders and opportunities to adjust goals to keep them on track.
Interface and UX Specialist at the University of Sydney Dorian Peters said, "By working with users from the beginning we discovered that psychological impacts are an important part of the asthma experience, so the design takes this into account - from the features we included right down to the friendly characters, calming colours and imagery we used."
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