Investigation on the incidence and quality of life in children with allergic rhinitis
An Jia, Li Xia, Li Xiaomeng,et al
1. Department of Pediatric Outpatient and Emergency,Senior Department of Pediatrics, the Seventh Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100700,China; 2. National Engineering Laboratory for Birth Defects Prevention and Control of Key Technology,Beijing 100700, China; 3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Pediatric Organ Failure, Beijing 100700, China; 4.Department of Pediatric, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou 121000,Liaoning, China
Abstract: 【Abstract】 Objective To investigate the incidence of allergic rhinitis in children and explore the changes of their quality of life, provide reference for preventing the disease. Method A total of 3 600 school-agechildren from 5 schools in the Jinzhou region of Liaoning were selected by cluster sampling. Allergic rhinitisquestionnaires were conducted by investigators, the prevalence rate was counted, and the child quality of lifescale was filled by parents. The quality of life of children with allergic rhinitis was evaluated. t test, χ2 testwere used for statistical method. Result The investigation showed that there were 248 cases of allergicrhinitis from 3 560 valid questionnaires, accounting for 6.97% (248/3 560); 142 cases of mild allergic rhinitis,106 cases of moderate-severe allergic rhinitis, and the proportions of male and female allergic rhinitis werecompared, there was no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). The school performance[(76.2±6.4)vs(82.5±6.0) points], social functions [(84.1±5.4) vs (90.0±6.1) points], physiological functions[(85.1±5.4) vs (89.5±5.5) points] and emotional functions [(79.0±6.5) vs (83.1±6.7) points] of the casesin life quality score in the allergic rhinitis group were lower than those of the non-allergic rhinitis group(t=16.033, 14.636, 12.174, 9.444, all P<0.05). The school performance [(72.6±4.3)vs (80.1±5.0) points],social functions [(80.4±6.0) vs (85.5±6.4) points], physical functions [(81.1±5.4) vs (86.0±5.4) points]and emotional functions [(74.0±6.6) vs (80.6±6.4) points] in the moderate-severe group were lower thanthose of the mild group (t=12.333, 6.808, 7.106, 7.899, all P<0.05); The excellent performance rate [7.5%(8/106) vs 20.4% (29/142) in the moderate-severe group was lower than those of the mild group. The badperformance rate [24.5% (26/106) vs 12.0% (17/142) in the moderate-severe group was higher than that of themild group. The incidence of sleep snoring [20.8% (22/106) vs 8.5%(12/142)] in the moderate-severe groupwas higher than that of the mild allergic rhinitis group, and the incidences of inattention [22.6% (24/106)vs 12.7% (8/142)], difficulty getting up [18.8% (20/106) vs 9.2% (13/142)], and troublesome symptoms[20.8% (22/106) vs 9.2% (13/142)] were higher than those of the mild allergic rhinitis group, and there wasstatistically significant difference(χ2=6.945, 5.829, 6.762, 4.964, 8.971, all P<0.05). Spearman correlationanalysis showed that allergic rhinitis was negatively correlated with quality of life. The higher the severity ofallergic rhinitis, the worse the quality of life (r=-0.542, P=0.024). Conclusion There is a high proportionof allergic rhinitis in school-age children, and the more severe the disease, the worse the quality of life ofchildren. Clinicians and parents need to pay attention to the prevention and treatment of allergic rhinitis and intervention.
安家 李霞 李霄梦 李秋平. 过敏性鼻炎儿童发病情况及其生活质量的调查研究[J]. 发育医学电子杂志, 2022, 10(2): 132-136.
An Jia, Li Xia, Li Xiaomeng, et al. Investigation on the incidence and quality of life in children with allergic rhinitis. Journal of Developmental Medicine(Electronic Version), 2022, 10(2): 132-136.
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