Multidisciplinary Development and Initial Validation of a Clinical Knowledge Base on Chronic Respiratory Diseases for mHealth Decision Support Systems.

"Conflicts of Interest: JAF is cofounder of a mobile health small and medium-sized enterprise with an interest in the technologies included in this paper. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare."

"The authors acknowledge Diana Bordalo, Fabrícia Carolino, Elvira Sampaio, and Bernardo Sousa-Pinto for their critical input as external medical reviewers of the appropriateness of level-1 priority recommendations. The work presented in this paper was developed under the scope of project NORTE-01-0247-FEDER-033275 (Aplicação móvel inteligente para suporte individualizado e monitorização da função e sons Respiratórios de Doentes Obstrutivos Crónicos; AIRDOC: Smart Mobile Application for Individualized Support and Monitoring of the Respiratory Function and Sounds of Chronic Obstructive Patients) financed by the North Portugal Regional Operational Program (NORTE 2020) under the Portugal 2020 Partnership Agreement and through the European Regional Development Fund. AIRDOC is part of the International Test and Evaluation Association 3 16040 Personal Health Empowerment project consortium. This study was supported by national funds through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP, within the Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde, Research and Development Unit (UIDB/4255/2020). The funders had no role in the design of the study; the collection, analyses, or interpretation of the data; the writing of the manuscript; or the decision to publish the results."