My main research interests are patient-centred innovation, mobile health, patient-reported outcomes and health technology assessment and implementation. My main clinical interests, both in children and adults, are asthma and rhinitis, lung function and airway inflammation.

Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) Phase 4 (2018): Change management in allergic rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity using mobile technology

My main research interests are patient-centred innovation, mobile health, patient-reported outcomes and health technology assessment and implementation. My main clinical interests, both in children and adults, are asthma and rhinitis, lung function and airway inflammation.

The analysis based on the report of smoking status, presence of obesity and inflammatory markers enabled the definition of five asthma phenotypes : B-Eos-high asthma phenotype, if B-Eos ≥ 300/mm 3; FeNO-high asthma, if FeNO ≥ 35 ppb; B-Eos&FeNO-low asthma, if B-Eos < 150/mm 3 and FeNO < 20 ppb; asthma with obesity (AwObesity), if BMI ≥ 30 ...

Joao A Fonseca leads the Patient-Centred Innovations and Technologies (PaCeIT) at the Centre for Health Technologies and Services Research (CINTESIS) mainly focused on clinical & Health Services...

Jul 1, 2010 · Background and aim: The Control of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma Test (CARAT) was developed to be used in the concurrent management of these diseases, as recommended by the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines.

Oct 19, 2022 · EPI-ASTHMA is a population-based multicentre stepwise study about the prevalence and characterisation of patients with asthma based on disease severity in Portugal. Methods: A pilot study of EPI-ASTHMA was conducted with …

Oct 7, 2015 · Objective: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma-like symptoms, current asthma (CA), asthma diagnostic tests, and inhaled medication use in a nationwide pediatric population...

Sep 2, 2004 · Asthma patients were analyzed in two severity groups: intermittent and mild persistent asthma (IMPA), and moderate and severe persistent asthma (MSPA); sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were calculated and receiver operating characteristic curve plotted.