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Digitally‐enabled, patient‐centred care in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity: ...
Bousquet, Jean; Anto, Josep M.; Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo; Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa; Bedbrook, Anna; Haahtela, Tari; Klimek, Ludger; Pfaar, OliverMASK‐air®, a validated mHealth app (Medical Device regulationClass IIa) has enabled large observational implementation studies in over 58,000 people with allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. It can help to address unmet patient needs in rhinitis and asthma care. MASK‐air® is a Good Practice of DG Santé on digitally‐enabled, patient‐centred care. Itis also a candidate Good Practice ofOECD (Organisation for EconomicC...
Patient‐centered digital biomarkers for allergic respiratory diseases and asthm...
Bousquet, Jean; Shamji, Mohamed; Anto, Josep M.; Schünemann, Holger; Canonica, Giorgio Walter; Jutel, Marek; Del Giacco, Stafano; Zuberbier, TorstenBiomarkers for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with rhinitis and/ or asthma are urgently needed. Although some biologic biomarkers exist in specialist care for asthma, they cannot be largely used in primary care. There are no validated biomarkers in rhinitis or allergen immunotherapy (AIT) that can be used in clinical practice. The digital transformation of health and health care (including m...
Combined image-based approach for monitoring the adherence to inhaled medications
Vieira-Marques, Pedro; Teixeira, João Fonseca; Valente, José; Pinho, Bernardo; Guedes, Rui; Almeida, Rute; Jácome, Cristina; Pereira, AnaThe adherence to inhaled controller medications is of critical importance to achieve good clinical results in patients with chronic respiratory diseases. To objectively verify the adherence, a detection tool was previously developed and integrated in the mobile application InspirerMundi, based on image processing methods. In this work, a new approach for enhanced adherence verification was developed. In a first...
The portuguese severe asthma registry : development, features, and data sharing...
Sousa, Ana Sá; Fonseca, João Almeida; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Ferreira, Ana; Arrobas, Ana; Mendes, Ana; Drummond, Marta; Videira, Wanda; Costa, TiagoThe Portuguese Severe Asthma Registry (Registo de Asma Grave Portugal, RAG) was developed by an open collaborative network of asthma specialists. RAG collects data from adults and pediatric severe asthma patients that despite treatment optimization and adequate management of comorbidities require step 4/5 treatment according to GINA recommendations. In this paper, we describe the development and implementation ...
Validation of control of allergic rhinitis and asthma test for children (CARATK...
Linhares, Daniela V. B. R.; Fonseca, João Almeida L. da; Borrego, Luís Miguel; Matos, Águeda; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Sousa, Ana Sá; Gaspar, ÂngelaBACKGROUND: Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test for Children (CARATKids) is the first questionnaire that assesses simultaneously allergic rhinitis and asthma control in children. It was recently developed, but redundancy of questions and its psychometric properties were not assessed. This study aimed to (i) establish the final version of the CARATKids questionnaire and (ii) evaluate its reliability, re...