Source: Annual Congress 2002 - Epidemiology of asthma, rhinitis and allergy
Disease area: Airway diseases

Abstract

Background: Rhinitis is a chronic illness, which affect patient quality of life (QOL).
The individual change in QOL during an intervention can be measured by the disease specific Rhinitis Quality of Life Questionaire (RQLQ).
Objective: To establish baseline QOL data in a longitudinal, randomized study comparing the current medical management of asthma and rhinitis patients either by specialists or general practitioners (GP) during a 3 year treatment and intervention period.
Methods: A random population of 557 patients (aged 14-45 years) with rhinitis or asthma were evaluated by the RQLQ before randomization to treatment by specialist or GP. All participants were examined with lung function test, bronchial challenges with methacholine, and allergy skin prick tests. The activity domain in the RQLQ was disregarded in this study due to a low rate of successful completion of this particular domain by the subjects.
Results: The RQLQ score was significantly higher (more impairment) in patients with rhinitis than in subjects without rhinitis. Also patients with rhinitis in season scored higher than patients out of season. At baseline, there was no difference in RQLQ score between patients in the intervention group and patients in the control group. Also the scores were the same between patients with allergic rhinitis and non-allergic rhinitis. Neither was there any difference in score between patient with known and unknown rhinitis.
Conclusion: This study shows that at baseline the RQLQ distinguishes well between patient with and without rhinitis and between patients with allergic rhinitis during and out of season. The data allows to monitor treatment effect after randomization to specialist or GP.

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S. Hoff, B. Vibeke, N. Hendrik (Copenhagen, Denmark). Rhinitis quality of life (RQOL) in patients with asthma and rhinitis. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 800

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