The Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire and its modified short version validation in adults and children with allergic rhinitis
| Autor: | Evangelos Giotakis, Efthimios Simopoulos, Gregory Tripsianis, Athanasia Printza, Petros Katsimpris, Jannis Constantinidis, Michael Katotomichelakis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent business.industry MEDLINE Reproducibility of Results Rhinitis Allergic Seasonal General Medicine Rhinitis Allergic Quality of life (healthcare) Otorhinolaryngology Surveys and Questionnaires Quality of Life Physical therapy medicine Humans Female Child business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 136:341-348 |
| ISSN: | 1748-5460 0022-2151 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveThis study aimed to develop the Greek versions of the Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire and Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire for adult and pediatric populations, discuss their differences and detect the impact of age and gender on quality of life questionnaire results.MethodNinety-eight patients with allergic rhinitis participated. Quality of Life evaluation was made by two generic (Short Form-36 and Beck Depression Inventory) and two disease-specific questionnaires (Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire and Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire). Symptom evaluation was made by the Total 5 Symptoms Score assessment.ResultsInternal consistency and test–retest reliability of both questionnaires was high. Convergent validity showed statistically significant negative correlations of total Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire and Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire with overall Short Form-36 Health Survey score and positive correlations with Beck Depression Inventory and Total 5 Symptoms Score. Discriminative validity demonstrated statistically significant improvement for all instruments and all domains after treatment. Females presented highly significant increased scores. Patient age was positively correlated with total scores of Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire and Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire. The clinically significant improvement after treatment was higher among females than males, while it was independent of patient age.ConclusionRhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire and Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire proved to be valid and reliable methods of assessment of allergic rhinitis-related quality of life in children, adolescents and adults. |
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