@article{3003614,
    title = "Validation of the MASK-rhinitis visual analogue scale on smartphone screens to assess allergic rhinitis control",
    author = "Caimmi, D. and Baiz, N. and Tanno, L.K. and Demoly, P. and Arnavielhe, S. and Murray, R. and Bedbrook, A. and Bergmann, K.C. and De Vries, G. and Fokkens, W.J. and Fonseca, J. and Haahtela, T. and Keil, T. and Kuna, P. and Mullol, J. and Papadopoulos, N. and Passalacqua, G. and Samolinski, B. and Tomazic, P.V. and Valiulis, A. and van Eerd, M. and Wickman, M. and Annesi-Maesano, I. and Bousquet, J. and the MASK Study Group and Agache, I. and Angles, R. and Anto, J.M. and Asayag, E. and Bacci, E. and Bachert, C. and Baroni, I. and Barreto, B.A. and Bedolla-Barajas, M. and Bertorello, L. and Bewick, M. and Bieber, T. and Birov, S. and Bindslev-Jensen, C. and Blua, A. and Bochenska Marciniak, M. and Bogus-Buczynska, I. and Bosnic-Ancevich, S. and Bosse, I. and Bourret, R. and Bucca, C. and Buonaiuto, R. and Caiazza, D. and Caillot, D. and Caimmi, D.P. and Camargos, P. and Canfora, G. and Cardona, V. and Carriazo, A.M. and Cartier, C. and Castellano, G. and Chavannes, N.H. and Ciaravolo, M.M. and Cingi, C. and Ciceran, A. and Colas, L. and Colgan, E. and Coll, J. and Conforti, D. and Correira de Sousa, J. and Cortés-Grimaldo, R.M. and Corti, F. and Costa, E. and Courbis, A.L. and Cruz, A. and Custovic, A. and Dario, C. and da Silva, M. and Dauvilliers, Y. and De Blay, F. and Dedeu, T. and De Feo, G. and De Martino, B. and Di Capua, S. and Di Carluccio, N. and Dray, G. and Dubakiene, R. and Eller, E. and Emuzyte, R. and Espinoza-Contreras, J.M. and Estrada-Cardona, A. and Farrell, J. and Ferrero, J. and Fontaine, J.F. and Forti, S. and Gálvez-Romero, J.L. and Garcia Cruz, M.H. and García-Cobas, C.I. and Gemicioğlu, B. and Gerth van Wijck, R. and Guidacci, M. and Gómez-Vera, J. and Guldemond, N.A. and Gutter, Z. and Hajjam, J. and Hellings, P. and Hernández-Velázquez, L. and Illario, M. and Ivancevich, J.C. and Jares, E. and Joos, G. and Just, J. and Kalayci, O. and Kalyoncu, A.F. and Karjalainen, J. and Khaltaev, N. and Klimek, L. and Kull, I. and Kuna, T.P. and Kvedariene, V. and Kolek, V. and Krzych-Fałta, E. and Kupczyk, M. and Lacwik, P. and Larenas-Linnemann, D. and Laune, D. and Lauri, D. and Lavrut, J. and Lessa, M. and Levato, G. and Lewis, L. and Lieten, I. and Lipiec, A. and Louis, R. and Luna-Pech, J.A. and Magnan, A. and Malva, J. and Maspero, J.F. and Mayora, O. and Medina-Ávalos, M.A. and Melen, E. and Menditto, E. and Millot-Keurinck, J. and Moda, G. and Morais-Almeida, M. and Mösges, R. and Mota-Pinto, A. and Muraro, A. and Noguès, M. and Nalin, M. and Napoli, L. and Neffen, H. and O'Hehir, R. and Olivé Elias, M. and Onorato, G. and Palkonen, S. and Pépin, J.L. and Pereira, A.M. and Persico, M. and Pfaar, O. and Pozzi, A.C. and Prokopakis, E.P. and Raciborski, F. and Rizzo, J.A. and Robalo-Cordeiro, C. and Rodríguez-González, M. and Rolla, G. and Roller-Wirnsberger, R.E. and Romano, A. and Romano, M. and Salimäki, J. and Serpa, F.S. and Shamai, S. and Sierra, M. and Sova, M. and Sorlini, M. and Stellato, C. and Stelmach, R. and Strandberg, T. and Stroetman, V. and Stukas, R. and Szylling, A. and Tibaldi, V. and Todo-Bom, A. and Toppila-Salmi, S. and Tomazic, P. and Trama, U. and Triggiani, M. and Valero, A. and Valovirta, E. and van Eerd, M. and Vasankari, T. and Vatrella, A. and Ventura, M.T. and Verissimo, M.T. and Viart, F. and Williams, S. and Wagenmann, M. and Wanscher, C. and Westman, M. and Young, I. and Yorgancioglu, A. and Zernotti, E. and Zurbierber, T. and Zurkuhlen, A. and De Oliviera, B. and Senn, A.",
    journal = "Clinical and Experimental Allergy",
    year = "2017",
    volume = "47",
    number = "12",
    pages = "1526-1533",
    publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",
    doi = "10.1111/cea.13025",
    keywords = "allergic rhinitis;  Article;  asthma;  clinical assessment;  clinical evaluation;  conjunctivitis;  disease control;  eye disease;  human;  longitudinal study;  macvia aria sentinel networK for allergic rhinitis application;  major clinical study;  mobile application;  nose disease;  patient satisfaction;  practice guideline;  priority journal;  rhinitis;  sensitivity analysis;  symptom;  validation process;  visual analog scale;  allergic rhinitis;  health survey;  reproducibility;  sensitivity and specificity;  smartphone;  software, Humans;  Public Health Surveillance;  Reproducibility of Results;  Rhinitis, Allergic;  Sensitivity and Specificity;  Smartphone;  Software;  Visual Analog Scale",
    abstract = "Background: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a validated tool to assess control in allergic rhinitis patients. Objective: The aim of this study was to validate the use of VAS in the MASK-rhinitis (MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK for allergic rhinitis) app (Allergy Diary) on smartphones screens to evaluate allergic rhinitis symptoms and disease control. Methods: Each user filled 4 different VAS measuring overall, nasal, ocular, and asthma symptoms at least once. Following COSMIN guidelines, we evaluated internal consistency, (Cronbach's alpha coefficient and test-retest), reliability (intraclass correlation coefficients), sensitivity, and acceptability of the MASK-Rhinitis VAS. Results: Between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016, the app was used 14 612 times in 15 countries. A total of 1225 users used it more than once, during the evaluated period. The tool resulted to be statistically satisfactory, showing excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's test > 0.84, test-retest > 0.7), reliability (>0.9), and acceptability. In addition, the tool had a good sensitivity when users (n = 521) answered the VAS twice in less than 3 hours. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance: The MASK-rhinitis VAS is a reliable and valid tool to assess allergic control on smartphone screens, at the population level. © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd"
}