The development of the MeDALL core questionnaires for a harmonized follow-up assessment of eleven European birth cohorts on asthma and allergies
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- dc.contributor.author Hohmann, Cynthiaca
- dc.contributor.author Pinart, Marionaca
- dc.contributor.author Torrent Quetglas, Matiesca
- dc.contributor.author Esplugues, Anaca
- dc.contributor.author Sunyer Deu, Jordica
- dc.contributor.author Antó i Boqué, Josep Mariaca
- dc.contributor.author Keil, Thomasca
- dc.contributor.author The MeDALL Study Groupca
- dc.date.accessioned 2015-06-12T07:37:55Z
- dc.date.available 2015-06-12T07:37:55Z
- dc.date.issued 2014ca
- dc.description.abstract Background: Numerous birth cohorts have been initiated in the world over the past 30 years using heterogeneous methods to assess the incidence, course and risk factors of asthma and allergies. The aim of the present work is to provide the stepwise proceedings of the development and current version of the harmonized MeDALL-Core Questionnaire (MeDALL-CQ) used prospectively in 11 European birth cohorts. Methods: The harmonization of questions was accomplished in 4 steps: (i) collection of variables from 14 birth cohorts, (ii) consensus on questionnaire items, (iii) translation and back-translation of the harmonized English MeDALL-CQ into 8 other languages and (iv) implementation of the harmonized follow-up. Results: Three harmonized MeDALL-CQs (2 for parents of children aged 4-9 and 14-18, 1 for adolescents aged 14-18) were developed and used for a harmonized follow-up assessment of 11 European birth cohorts on asthma and allergies with over 13,000 children. Conclusions: The harmonized MeDALL follow-up produced more comparable data across different cohorts and countries in Europe and will offer the possibility to verify results of former cohort analyses. Thus, MeDALL can become the starting point to stringently plan, conduct and support future common asthma and allergy research initiatives in Europe.en
- dc.description.sponsorship Mechanisms of the Development of Allergy (MeDALL) is funded by the European Union in the 7th Framework program, grant agreement No. 261357en
- dc.format.mimetype application/pdfca
- dc.identifier.citation Hohmann C, Pinart M, Tischer C, Gehring U, Heinrich J, Kull I et al. The development of the MeDALL core questionnaires for a harmonized follow-up assessment of eleven European birth cohorts on asthma and allergies. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology.2014;163(3):215-24. DOI: 10.1159/000357732ca
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000357732
- dc.identifier.issn 1018-2438ca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/23801
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.publisher Karger (S. Karger AG)ca
- dc.relation.ispartof International Archives of Allergy and Immunology. 2014;163(3):215-24
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/261357ca
- dc.rights © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel 1018–2438/14/1633–0215$39.50/0. This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Distribution permitted for non-commercial purposes only.en
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- dc.subject.keyword European birth cohorts
- dc.subject.keyword Asthmaen
- dc.subject.keyword Allergyen
- dc.subject.keyword Questionnaire assessmenten
- dc.subject.keyword Harmonizationen
- dc.subject.keyword MeDALLen
- dc.subject.other Asma -- Epidemiologiaca
- dc.subject.other Epidemiologia -- Europaca
- dc.title The development of the MeDALL core questionnaires for a harmonized follow-up assessment of eleven European birth cohorts on asthma and allergiesen
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