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This paper evaluates the potential of CoughPro's cough management features. Coughpro is a welness cough monitoring app that integrates digital behavioral interventions to manage chronic cough. The paper uses three case studies, to highlight interesting trends in cough reduction among users engaging with the app’s Cough Management features. The findings suggest digital therapeutics (DTx) targeting Chronic Cough could serve as a viable alternative or complement to traditional chronic cough treatments, necessitating further rigorous studies.
Chronic cough affects 5-10% of adults, significantly impairing quality of life through physical and psychosocial effects. Conventional treatments focus on addressing underlying causes such as asthma or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), but treatment efficacy is inconsistent. Behavioral Cough Suppression Therapy (BCST) has demonstrated success in reducing cough frequency but remains largely inaccessible. CoughPro aims to bridge this gap through a digital, science-based approach.
CoughPro is a smartphone-based wellness app that provides continuous cough monitoring using Hyfe’s AI-powered detection models. The Cough Management module introduces a structured intervention based on BCST, with three key components:
Methodology
Key Findings from Case Studies - Three users with different cough profiles demonstrated intriguing cough reduction following engagement with Cough Management.
Discussion and Implications - The findings support the hypothesis that digital BCST interventions, delivered via an accessible mobile platform, can significantly impact chronic cough outcomes. Digital therapeutics could complement existing treatments by improving adherence, providing real-time feedback, and addressing accessibility challenges in traditional therapy. However, larger, controlled studies are required to validate these preliminary observations.
