Beyond ARIA: Will e-diaries replace retrospective questionnaires in measuring the severity of allergic rhinitis in clinical research and daily practice?

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2023

Authors

Matricardi, PM (Author) Other; Sousa-Pinto, B (Author) FMUP; Dramburg, S (Author) Other; Bousquet, J (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Clinical and Experimental Allergy

ISSN: 0954-7894

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-00Y-SS3

DOI: 10.1111/cea.14372

Abstract (EN): Retrospective questionnaires are used since decades to assess the severity and/or control of allergic diseases. Applications on smartphones have recently facilitated the use of prospective clinical diaries, based on questionnaires filled every day by the patient. Once limited to clinical trials, these e-diaries, based on validated disease control scores and visual analogue scales, permit a quantitative day-by-day measure free of recall bias. Given the advantages of this procedure, its use could be extended to the daily clinical practice. E-diaries may facilitate (1) a more precise identification of the culprit allergen in the diagnostic work-up of poly-sensitized patients, (2) the stratification of patients for treatment, (3) the follow-up of the patients under treatment for optimized shared decision-making, and (4) a careful assessment of preventive therapies. While a few apps are being used in scientific studies, consensus on their use in daily practice should be reached and guidelines for specialists should be elaborated by scientific associations.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7