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Figure 1. Flow diagram of subjects’ progress through the study
52 Patients started with the internet based strategy
Adherence to telemanagement
Six months follow-up:
Daily registration FeNO values and prednisone dose (internet application)
Questionnaire “Burden of asthma” (t = 0, 3 and 6 months)
4 Drop outs:
Personal reasons unrelated to asthma or adverse effects (n=1) Admission in Asthma Centre (n=2)
Change of therapeutics (n=1)
48 patients completed all visits
43 patients had data analysed
5 patients excluded from analysis: Memory cards unavailable (n=4) Costs questionnaire unavailable (n=1)
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