Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Asthma
Asthma control in children is associated with nasal symptoms, obesity, and health insurance: a nationwide survey ~es1,2,3, Ana Margarida Pereira2,4, Ana Sa-Sousa2, Ma rio Morais-Almeida5,6, Manuel Ferreira-Magalha 1,3 2,7 2,4,7 ~o Almeida Fonseca ^s Azevedo , Luıs Filipe Azevedo & Joa Ine Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar de S. Joa~o, Porto, Portugal; 2CINTESIS – Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; 3Department of Pediatrics – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; 4Allergy Unit, CUF Institute & Hospital, Porto, Portugal; 5Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division Unit, CUF Descobertas and CUF Infante Santo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal; 6Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clınica, Lisbon, Portugal; 7Health Information and Decision Sciences Department – Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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To cite this article: Ferreira-Magalh~ aes M, Pereira AM, Sa-Sousa A, Morais-Almeida M, Azevedo I, Azevedo LF, Fonseca JA. Asthma control in children is associated with nasal symptoms, obesity, and health insurance: a nationwide survey. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2015: 26: 466–473.
Keywords asthma; control; delivery of health care; health insurance; obesity; rhinitis; wheezing Correspondence Jo~ ao Almeida Lopes Fonseca, MD, PhD, CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Centro de dica, Faculdade de Medicina Investigacß~ ao Me da Universidade do Porto, Edifıcio Nascente, Piso 2, Rua Dr. Placido da Costa, s/n, 4200450 Porto, Portugal Tel.: +351 914 767 661 Fax: +351 225 513 623 E-mail: [email protected] Accepted for publication 29 April 2015 DOI:10.1111/pai.12395
Abstract Background: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma control and determinants of poor control in the Portuguese pediatric population (
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Asthma
Asthma control in children is associated with nasal symptoms, obesity, and health insurance: a nationwide survey ~es1,2,3, Ana Margarida Pereira2,4, Ana Sa-Sousa2, Ma rio Morais-Almeida5,6, Manuel Ferreira-Magalha 1,3 2,7 2,4,7 ~o Almeida Fonseca ^s Azevedo , Luıs Filipe Azevedo & Joa Ine Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar de S. Joa~o, Porto, Portugal; 2CINTESIS – Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; 3Department of Pediatrics – Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; 4Allergy Unit, CUF Institute & Hospital, Porto, Portugal; 5Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division Unit, CUF Descobertas and CUF Infante Santo Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal; 6Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clınica, Lisbon, Portugal; 7Health Information and Decision Sciences Department – Faculty of Medicine, Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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To cite this article: Ferreira-Magalh~ aes M, Pereira AM, Sa-Sousa A, Morais-Almeida M, Azevedo I, Azevedo LF, Fonseca JA. Asthma control in children is associated with nasal symptoms, obesity, and health insurance: a nationwide survey. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2015: 26: 466–473.
Keywords asthma; control; delivery of health care; health insurance; obesity; rhinitis; wheezing Correspondence Jo~ ao Almeida Lopes Fonseca, MD, PhD, CINTESIS – Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Centro de dica, Faculdade de Medicina Investigacß~ ao Me da Universidade do Porto, Edifıcio Nascente, Piso 2, Rua Dr. Placido da Costa, s/n, 4200450 Porto, Portugal Tel.: +351 914 767 661 Fax: +351 225 513 623 E-mail: [email protected] Accepted for publication 29 April 2015 DOI:10.1111/pai.12395
Abstract Background: This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of asthma control and determinants of poor control in the Portuguese pediatric population (
