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Rinite alérgica e suas principais comorbilidades : asma, conjuntivite alérgica e sinusite
| Resumo: | Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa with a high prevalence and impact in patient's quality of life. Objectives: in a population of patients with AR, followed in a hospital out-patient immunoallergology department, we aimed to determine the frequency of the different classification groups according to ARIA classification; to assess the impact of AR in several aspects of daily life; to evaluate the degree of patient’s satisfaction with AR therapy; to determine the frequency of non-nasal symptoms suggestive of asthma, sinusitis or conjunctivitis and determine the frequency of tobacco exposure (active or passive) and trying to relate it to the different symptoms observed. Methodology: we applied a questionnaire to 100 patients with AR attending the Immunoallergology Department of Baixo Vouga, EPE – Hospital Infante Dom Pedro in Aveiro, between March and April 2014. Results: persistent moderate-severe AR is the most frequent classification in this population, suggesting that patients that seek a specialty follow-up have more severe forms of AR. The vast majority of patients states a significant impact in several daily activities but only 50% of patients consider that globally AR affected significantly during the previous year their daily activities. More than 2/3 of patients are globally satisfied with the treatments they have received throughout the course of their disease. The presence of symptoms suggestive of the concomitant diagnosis of asthma, sinusitis or conjunctivitis is frequent: 85% of patients had at least one of these comorbidities present and 25% had symptoms suggesting the presence of these 3 comorbidities. 18% are active smokers and in these patients there is a trend to a higher degree of nasal obstruction related complaints as well as a more frequent presence of associated sinusitis. |
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| Autores principais: | Manco, Ana Carolina Lopes |
| Assunto: | Imunoalergologia Rinite alérgica Asma Sinusite |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the nasal mucosa with a high prevalence and impact in patient's quality of life. Objectives: in a population of patients with AR, followed in a hospital out-patient immunoallergology department, we aimed to determine the frequency of the different classification groups according to ARIA classification; to assess the impact of AR in several aspects of daily life; to evaluate the degree of patient’s satisfaction with AR therapy; to determine the frequency of non-nasal symptoms suggestive of asthma, sinusitis or conjunctivitis and determine the frequency of tobacco exposure (active or passive) and trying to relate it to the different symptoms observed. Methodology: we applied a questionnaire to 100 patients with AR attending the Immunoallergology Department of Baixo Vouga, EPE – Hospital Infante Dom Pedro in Aveiro, between March and April 2014. Results: persistent moderate-severe AR is the most frequent classification in this population, suggesting that patients that seek a specialty follow-up have more severe forms of AR. The vast majority of patients states a significant impact in several daily activities but only 50% of patients consider that globally AR affected significantly during the previous year their daily activities. More than 2/3 of patients are globally satisfied with the treatments they have received throughout the course of their disease. The presence of symptoms suggestive of the concomitant diagnosis of asthma, sinusitis or conjunctivitis is frequent: 85% of patients had at least one of these comorbidities present and 25% had symptoms suggesting the presence of these 3 comorbidities. 18% are active smokers and in these patients there is a trend to a higher degree of nasal obstruction related complaints as well as a more frequent presence of associated sinusitis. |
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