title: [Impact of integral allergic treatment in the quality life of patients with allergic rhinitis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The quality of life is the perception of a patient about functional effects of his illness and therapy. Recently, appropriate instruments were devised to evaluate the health related with the quality of life, as the standardized and validated questionnaires for rhino-conjunctivitis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of integral allergological treatment upon the quality of life of patients with allergic rhinitis that were attended as outpatients at the Service of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Hospital Universitario de Puebla.
  
  
  METHODS
  It was carried out a longitudinal, prospective, experimental and prolective study in patients of both sexes, older than 18 years old, with diagnosis of allergic rhinitis; life quality was evaluated by means of the application of a validated and standardized questionnaire every 15 days during 4 months. After being included in the study, patients received the integral allergological treatment conformed by educational measures, environmental control, pharmacotherapy and specific immunotherapy. We determined frequency for qualitative variables and average for quantitative variables. The averages were compared by means of variance analysis. The significance value was established down in 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen patients were included, 61.5% of them were male. The average age was 33.2 (SD 17.0). There was a significative difference in quality of life index when patient was included in comparison with the indexes in subsequent visits. The most frequent allergic rhinitis was the moderate-severe persistent type, with a 76.9% rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Integral allergological treatment improves quality of life of patients with allergic rhinitis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de Puebla, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martínez-Olivares
authors.forename: Aída Inés
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: López-García
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paz-Martínez
authors.forename: José Arturo
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Galindo-García
authors.forename: Alfredo Ariel
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Salazar-Aguilar
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papaqui-Tapia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000188:drug therapy*