Gil-Mata Sara, Teixeira Tatiana, Bedbrook Anna, Bousquet Jean, Sousa-Pinto Bernardo, Vieira Rafael José
Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences (MEDCIDS), Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
CINTESIS@RISE - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, Health Research Network, Porto, Portugal.
World Allergy Organ J. 2024 Dec 3;17(12):100999. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2024.100999. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a highly prevalent disease. We aimed to assess the symptoms that physicians who see patients with AR perceive as the most bothersome in their patients.
We performed a cross-sectional study based on an online questionnaire sent to all members of the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) initiative. The survey included questions on the physicians' perceptions of patients' AR symptoms as well as of their own AR symptoms.
Among 401 respondents, 155 (38.7%) reported having AR. ARIA members reported nasal symptoms to be the most frequent (89.7%) and bothersome (80.0%) symptoms experienced by themselves. Likewise, nasal symptoms were reported by ARIA members as the most frequent (94.8% in members with AR vs 96.0% in members without AR) and bothersome (57.0% in members with AR vs 67.9% in members without AR) in their patients. We found a significant association (p = 0.001) between physicians' own symptoms and those perceived as the most bothersome in their patients.
Physicians perceive nasal symptoms to be the most frequent and the most bothersome symptoms in AR patients. The physicians' personal experiences with AR may influence their perception of patients' symptoms.
过敏性鼻炎（AR）是一种高度流行的疾病。我们旨在评估诊治AR患者的医生认为其患者中最困扰的症状。
我们基于向变应性鼻炎及其对哮喘的影响（ARIA）倡议的所有成员发送的在线问卷进行了一项横断面研究。该调查包括关于医生对患者AR症状以及自身AR症状看法的问题。
在401名受访者中，155名（38.7%）报告患有AR。ARIA成员报告鼻部症状是他们自己最常出现（89.7%）且最困扰（80.0%）的症状。同样，ARIA成员报告鼻部症状是其患者中最常出现的症状（AR成员中为94.8%，非AR成员中为96.0%）以及最困扰的症状（AR成员中为57.0%，非AR成员中为67.9%）。我们发现医生自身症状与他们认为患者中最困扰的症状之间存在显著关联（p = 0.001）。
医生认为鼻部症状是AR患者中最常出现且最困扰的症状。医生自身患AR的经历可能会影响他们对患者症状的认知。
