Validation of app and phone versions of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT)

• Autor(a) principal: Jácome, C.
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Pereira, R., Almeida, R., Amaral, Rita, Correia, M. A., Mendes, S., Vieira-Marques, P., Ferreira, J. A., Lopes, I., Gomes, J., Vidal, C., López Freire, S., Méndez Brea, P., Arrobas, A., Valério, M., Chaves Loureiro, C., Santos, L. M., Couto, M., Araujo, L., Todo Bom, A., Azevedo, J. P., Cardoso, J., Emiliano, M., Gerardo, R., Lozoya, C., Pinto, P. L., Neves, A. Castro, Pinto, N., Palhinha, A., Teixeira, F., Ferreira-Magalhães, M., Alves, C., Coelho, D., Santos, N., Menezes, F., Gomes, R., Rodrigues, J. C. Cidrais, Oliveira, G., Carvalho, J., Alves, R. Rodrigues, Moreira, A. S., Costa, A., Abreu, C., Silva, R., Morête, A., Falcão, H., Marques, M. L., Câmara, R., Cálix, M. J., Bordalo, D., Silva, D., Vasconcelos, M. J., Fernandes, R. M., Ferreira, R., Freitas, P., Lopes, F., Fonseca, J. Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/18158
• topic: Asthma; Control; Mobile health; Patient-reported outcome measure

Assessment of asthma control at every opportunity is recommended. Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) is a patient reported outcome measure commonly used to assess asthma control in clinical practice.It includes ten questions answered in a 4 point Like rt scale that address upper and lower airway symptoms, sleep interference, limitation of activities , and the need to increase medication over a 4 week period. CARAT is frequently administered on paper during medical visits, but digital versions through website and mobile apps are available.