PMID- 27801950
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180104
LR  - 20211204
IS  - 1399-3038 (Electronic)
IS  - 0905-6157 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 2
DP  - 2017 Mar
TI  - Use of the Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARATkids) in children 
      and adolescents: Validation in Dutch.
PG  - 185-190
LID - 10.1111/pai.12678 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis and asthma are common and closely related diseases. 
      Recently, a Portuguese questionnaire has been developed 'The Control of Allergic 
      Rhinitis and Asthma Test' (CARATkids) that measures disease control of both 
      diseases in children. This study aims to validate the CARATkids in Dutch children 
      and for the first time in adolescents and, in addition, to calculate the minimal 
      clinically important difference (MCID). METHODS: A prospective observational 
      study was conducted in an outpatient clinic. After translation of the CARATkids 
      from Portuguese to Dutch, patients (6-18 years) with asthma or asthma and 
      allergic rhinitis completed the CARATkids, Asthma Control Test, and visual analog 
      scale questionnaire three times. Baseline characteristics, mean scores, internal 
      consistency, test-retest reliability, cross-sectional and longitudinal validity, 
      discriminative properties, responsiveness, and MCID of the CARATkids were 
      assessed. RESULTS: A total of 111 patients were included. In total, 86% and 79%, 
      respectively, completed the questionnaires at the second and third visits. All 
      children had asthma, and 85% had concomitant allergic rhinitis. The internal 
      consistency was good with all expected a priori correlations met. CARATkids 
      scores were higher in patients with uncontrolled asthma and patients with 
      moderate-severe rhinitis compared to better controlled subjects. Patients with a 
      variable asthma control had significantly higher scores during periods of 
      uncontrolled asthma. Also the Guyatt's responsiveness index was good. The MCID 
      was 2.8. CONCLUSIONS: The CARATkids questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool to 
      assess allergic rhinitis and asthma control among Dutch children. The tool can be 
      used in adolescents.
CI  - (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
FAU - Emons, J A M
AU  - Emons JA
AD  - Allergy Department, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
FAU - Flokstra, B M J
AU  - Flokstra BM
AD  - Department of general practice, University Medical Center Groningen, University 
      of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
AD  - GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of 
      Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
FAU - de Jong, C
AU  - de Jong C
AD  - Department of general practice, University Medical Center Groningen, University 
      of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
AD  - GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of 
      Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
FAU - van der Molen, T
AU  - van der Molen T
AD  - Department of general practice, University Medical Center Groningen, University 
      of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
AD  - GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of 
      Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
FAU - Brand, H K
AU  - Brand HK
AD  - Allergy Department, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
FAU - Arends, N J T
AU  - Arends NJ
AD  - Allergy Department, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
FAU - Amaral, R
AU  - Amaral R
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0233-830X
AD  - Immunoallergy Department, CUF Porto Hospital & Institute, Porto, Portugal.
AD  - Faculty of Medicine, CINTESIS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
FAU - Fonseca, J A
AU  - Fonseca JA
AD  - Immunoallergy Department, CUF Porto Hospital & Institute, Porto, Portugal.
AD  - Faculty of Medicine, CINTESIS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
FAU - Gerth van Wijk, R
AU  - Gerth van Wijk R
AD  - Allergy Department, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Observational Study
DEP - 20161223
PL  - England
TA  - Pediatr Allergy Immunol
JT  - Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society 
      of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
JID - 9106718
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Asthma/*diagnosis
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Ethnicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Netherlands/epidemiology
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Rhinitis, Allergic/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test kids
OT  - allergy
OT  - asthma
OT  - questionnaire
OT  - rhinitis
OT  - validation
EDAT- 2016/11/02 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/05 06:00
CRDT- 2016/11/02 06:00
PHST- 2016/10/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/11/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2016/11/02 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/pai.12678 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2017 Mar;28(2):185-190. doi: 10.1111/pai.12678. Epub 
      2016 Dec 23.