Kim Jeong Hee, Ahn Young Mee, Kim Hyung Jin, Lim Dae Hyun, Son Byong Kwan, Kang Hee Suk, Song Young Eun, Lee Hee Young
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea. ; Environmental Health Center for Allergic Rhinitis, Inha University Hospital, Ministry of Environment, Incheon, Korea.
Department of Nursing, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
Allergy Asthma Immunol Res. 2014 Nov;6(6):541-7. doi: 10.4168/aair.2014.6.6.541. Epub 2014 Sep 19.
Korean children have their own unique lifestyle based on their living environment and culture. This study aimed to develop a questionnaire to evaluate the quality of life in Korean children with allergic rhinitis.
After a preliminary survey, an initial questionnaire was developed. Questions were modified to be easily understood by young children aged 6 to 7 years. The modified questionnaire was tested on children aged 6 to 12 years old. Item scores, defined as the proportion of children whose answer score was 1 point or higher was multiplied by the average answer score of each question, were used to identify questions that have practical application to the quality of life in Korean children with allergic rhinitis. Differences in answer scores between children with allergic rhinitis and those who were healthy were assessed by a Wilcoxon rank-sum test. The relationship between nasal index scores and quality of life scores was determined by a Spearman rank order test.
An initial questionnaire was composed of 21 items. We identified 19 questions with item scores above 0.5 in children with allergic rhinitis, many of which were related to nasal symptoms and 10 questions that were different between the allergic rhinitis group and the control group. The final questionnaire included the 10 questions that had both high item scores and a significant difference in the answer scores between the two groups.
The developed questionnaire is essential and practical for assessing discomfort related to the symptoms felt by Korean children with allergic rhinitis.
韩国儿童基于其生活环境和文化有着独特的生活方式。本研究旨在开发一份问卷，以评估韩国过敏性鼻炎儿童的生活质量。
经过初步调查，制定了初始问卷。对问题进行修改，以便6至7岁的幼儿能够轻松理解。修改后的问卷在6至12岁的儿童中进行测试。项目得分定义为答案得分为1分或更高的儿童比例乘以每个问题的平均答案得分，用于识别对韩国过敏性鼻炎儿童生活质量有实际应用价值的问题。通过Wilcoxon秩和检验评估过敏性鼻炎儿童与健康儿童答案得分的差异。通过Spearman等级顺序检验确定鼻指数得分与生活质量得分之间的关系。
初始问卷由21个项目组成。我们在过敏性鼻炎儿童中识别出19个项目得分高于0.5的问题，其中许多与鼻部症状有关，以及10个在过敏性鼻炎组和对照组之间存在差异的问题。最终问卷包括10个项目得分高且两组答案得分有显著差异的问题。
所开发的问卷对于评估韩国过敏性鼻炎儿童所感受到的与症状相关的不适至关重要且实用。
