[Allergic rhinitis and psychological state assessment].

As a common chronic disease, allergic rhinitis (AR) not only damage the physical health of the patients, but also bring psychological distress to the patients. Thus the comprehensive treatment should include both medical and mental health interventions as needed. In order to draw more attention to the mental status of the patients with AR and provide the basis for the researchers to choose reasonable AR psychological assessment tools, in this article, we evaluated the commonly used scales for the psychological status of AR patients, and the reason and significance of the psychological assessment in patients with AR were also reviewed.