Publications by authors named "MariaTeresa Costantino"
Article Synopsis
- - Severe asthma affects roughly 10% of asthma patients and is marked by poor lung function and high eosinophil counts; this study aims to define asthma remission more clearly using a structured method.
- - A panel of experts developed and refined a questionnaire through a two-round Delphi method to evaluate consensus on criteria for asthma remission, including clinical and inflammatory aspects.
- - The analysis confirmed specific criteria for both complete and partial clinical remission, creating a practical tool to assess treatment effectiveness in patients with severe asthma enrolled in the Severe Asthma Network Italy registry.
Background: There is a need for validated tools to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in routine clinical practice.
Objective: The aim of this study was to validate the Chronic Urticaria Patient Perspective (CUPP) for assessment of patients with chronic urticaria (CU) in clinical practice.
Methods: A provisional CUPP was developed from candidate items identified by following an iterative process in a retrospective analysis of 249 Chronic Urticaria Quality of Life Questionnaire questionnaires.