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Operational definitions of asthma in recent epidemiological studies are inconsi...
Sá-Sousa, A; Jacinto, T; Azevedo, LF; Morais-Almeida, M; Robalo-Cordeiro, C; Bugalho-Almeida, A; Bousquet, J; Fonseca, JAOBJECTIVE: The best combination of questions to define asthma in epidemiological asthma studies is not known. We summarized the operational definitions of asthma used in prevalence studies and empirically assess how asthma prevalence estimates vary depending on the definition used. METHODS: We searched the Thomson Reuters ISI Web of knowledge and included (1) cross-sectional studies (2) on asthma prevalence (3)...
Operational definitions of asthma in recent epidemiological studies are inconsi...
Sá-Sousa, A; Jacinto, T; Azevedo, LF; Morais-Almeida, M; Robalo-Cordeiro, C; Bugalho-Almeida, A; Bousquet, J; Fonseca, JAOBJECTIVE: The best combination of questions to define asthma in epidemiological asthma studies is not known. We summarized the operational definitions of asthma used in prevalence studies and empirically assess how asthma prevalence estimates vary depending on the definition used. METHODS: We searched the Thomson Reuters ISI Web of knowledge and included (1) cross-sectional studies (2) on asthma prevalence (3)...
Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT): dissemination and applica...
Azevedo, P; Correia de Sousa, J; Bousquet, J; Bugalho-Almeida, A; Del Giacco, SR; Demoly, P; Haahtela, T; Jacinto, T; Garcia-Larsen, V; van der Molen, TAsthma frequently occurs in association with allergic rhinitis and a combined management approach has been suggested. The Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) is the first questionnaire to assess control of both diseases concurrently. However, to have an impact on healthcare it needs to be disseminated and adopted. In this paper we discuss the dissemination of CARAT in different countries and it...
Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) can be used to assess indi...
Fonseca, JA; Nogueira-Silva, L; Morais-Almeida, M; Sá-Sousa, A; Azevedo, LF; Ferreira, J; Branco-Ferreira, M; Rodrigues-Alves, R; Bugalho-Almeida, ABACKGROUND: The Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT10) has been proposed as the first tool to implement the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma initiative guidelines in clinical practice. To serve this purpose, it must have adequate properties to assess the control of an individual over time. This study aimed to prospectively assess the test-retest reliability, responsiveness and longitud...