Translation into Portuguese and validation of the Rhinitis Control Assessment Test (RCAT) questionnaire

Fernandes, Pedro Henrique; Matsumoto, Fausto; Solé, Dírceu; Wandalsen, Gustavo F.

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.12.011

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“…Additionally, specific questionnaires for the evaluation of rhinitis and questionnaires that address both rhinitis and asthma have been developed. These include: Rhinitis Control Assessment Test (RCAT) 94 , 95 ; Rhinitis Control Scoring System (RCSS) 96 and the Allergic Rhinitis Control Test. 97 The Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) was designed to jointly evaluate the control of adolescent and adult patients with asthma and rhinitis 98 and the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test – Kids (CARATkids) for children aged 6–12 years.…”

Section: Allergic Rhinitismentioning

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IV Brazilian Consensus on Rhinitis – an update on allergic rhinitis

Sakano

Sarinho

Cruz

et al. 2018

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

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Section: Allergic Rhinitismentioning

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IV Brazilian Consensus on Rhinitis – an update on allergic rhinitis

Sakano

Sarinho

Cruz

et al. 2018

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology

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“…The sequence of questions in the study (Figure 1) was based on validated questionnaires for assessing children's quality of life -KIDSCREEN, 8 and also for assessing the disease: RCAT, 9 CARATkids, 10 and ISAAC Questionnaire with rhinitis module. 11 Although no questionnaire aimed specifically at the 5-12 age group, the authors made adjustments in order to formulate questions that parents could answer, aiming for a clear understanding and greater inclusion of ages.…”

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Effects of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood rhinitis

Schreiner,

Nascimento,

Araujo

2023

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Introdução e objetivo: Devido à pandemia do novo coronavírus, as crianças passaram a ficar mais tempo em casa, e essa mudança implicou diretamente nas manifestações de diversas doenças, inclusive da rinite. A rinite é a inflamação da mucosa causada, principalmente, por alérgenos, ocasionando sintomas como rinorreia, espirros, obstrução nasal, hiperemia conjuntival, prurido nasal e ocular. O objetivo deste estudo é avaliar as consequências do isolamento social nas crianças com rinite, a fim de compreender a modificação da doença nesse período. Métodos: O estudo é observacional transversal, com dados obtidos através de um questionário eletrônico, para pais e/ou responsáveis de crianças entre 5 e 12 anos. Resultados: No total de 116 respostas, 51,7% das crianças eram do sexo masculino, e a mediana de idade foi de 8,5 anos. Em relação à rinite, em 81% dos casos foi relatado melhora ou manutenção do quadro durante o período de isolamento social. Em um quarto da amostra houve piora na qualidade de vida dos pacientes. Os sintomas com maior piora foram espirros e prurido nasal, e o sintoma com maior melhora foi a rinorreia. Os desencadeantes de sintomas mais frequentes foram animais domésticos, tapetes e perfumes. O uso de medicamentos foi relatado em 59,4% dos casos, sendo que em 32,7% não houve prescrição médica. Conclusão: Os resultados encontrados evidenciaram que o isolamento social teve um impacto positivo em relação às manifestações clínicas da rinite na população estudada.Descritores: Rinite alérgica, isolamento social, qualidade de vida, pediatria, criança. Introduction and objective:The COVID-19 pandemic required children to spend more time at home, and this change had a direct impact on the manifestations of various diseases, including rhinitis. Rhinitis is inflammation of the nasal mucosa caused mainly by exposure to allergens, resulting in symptoms such as rhinorrhea, sneezing, nasal obstruction, conjunctival hyperemia, and itchy eyes and nose. This study aimed to evaluate the consequences of social distancing in children with rhinitis in order to understand the changes in the disease pattern during the pandemic. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional observational study with data obtained through an electronic questionnaire answered by parents and/or guardians of children aged 5 to 12 years. Results: From a total of 116 responses, 51.7% of children were male with a median age of 8.5 years. In 81% of cases, rhinitis symptoms improved or remained unchanged during the period of social distancing. In a quarter of the sample, there was a worsening of patients' quality of life. The symptoms with the greatest worsening were sneezing and nasal itching, and the symptom with the greatest improvement was rhinorrhea. The most frequent symptom triggers were pets, carpets, and perfumes. Medication use was reported in 59.4% of cases, with the use of over-the-counter medications in 32.7% of them. Conclusion: The results showed that social distancing had a positive impact on the clinical manifestations of rhinitis in the s...

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“…In general, one may then return to the full dataset. 23 The motivation for writing this article concerns the increasing acknowledgment of the prognostic value of patient-reported outcomes in patients with asthma, 24 rhinitis, 25,26 or both. 27,28 In fact, recent studies have provided simple screening tests for assessing the disease control and therefore monitoring its course.…”

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Background The use of receiver operating characteristic curves, or "ROC analysis," has become quite common in biomedical research to support decisions. However, sensitivity, specificity, and misclassification rates are still often estimated using the training sample, overlooking the risk of overrating the test performance. Methods A simulation study was performed to highlight the inferential implications of splitting (or not) the dataset into training and test set. The normality assumption was made for the classifier given the disease status, and the Youden's criterion considered for the detection of the optimal cutoff. Then, an ROC analysis with sample split was applied to assess the discriminant validity of the Italian version of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARATkids) questionnaire for children with asthma and rhinitis, for which recent studies may have reported liberal performance estimates. Results The simulation study showed that both single split and cross-validation (CV) provided unbiased estimators of sensitivity, specificity, and misclassification rate, therefore allowing computation of confidence intervals. For the Italian CARATkids questionnaire, the misclassification rate estimated by fivefold CV was 0.22, with 95% confidence interval 0.14 to 0.30, indicating an acceptable discriminant validity. Conclusions Splitting into training and test set avoids overrating the test performance in ROC analysis. Validated through this method, the Italian CARATkids is valid for assessing disease control in children with asthma and rhinitis.

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Translation into Portuguese and validation of the Rhinitis Control Assessment Test (RCAT) questionnaire

Abstract: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the RCAT was shown to be a valid and discriminant tool to identify patients with controlled and uncontrolled allergic rhinitis.

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

IV Brazilian Consensus on Rhinitis – an update on allergic rhinitis

IV Brazilian Consensus on Rhinitis – an update on allergic rhinitis

Effects of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood rhinitis

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