Towards an Algorithmic Approach to Asthma Management: Collaborative Definition of Algorithm Objectives With Families

Using "big data" and artificial intelligence techniques, it becomes possible to envision algorithms for managing childhood asthma on a daily basis.

In order to develop such tools, it is necessary to determine with asthma stakeholders (children, parents, doctors) the parameters that future algorithms should seek to maximize / minimize.

The main objective of the study is to quantify the respective importance of each of the goals that children with asthma, parents, and their doctors seek to achieve when taking / supervising / prescribing a background therapy.

To do this, parents and children fill out a paper questionnaire, which is completed by their doctor, when they come to the hospital for consultation, hospitalization, or to perform lung function tests.

Concerning children and parents, these questionnaires include a part aimed at prioritizing each person's objectives and a second part collecting general information regarding their characteristics (age, sex, asthma history, etc.).

Inclusion criteria

• Minor patients aged 8 years to 17 years and 11 months inclusive with a diagnosis of asthma made by a doctor and a basic treatment for asthma
• Holders of parental authority for patients meeting the above criteria
• Doctors caring for children with asthma
• Information and non-opposition of holders of parental authority and minor patients to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to participate in the study
• Difficulties in French writing and / or speaking