[A quality of life questionnaire for Japanese allergic conjunctival disease].
OBJECTIVE
To establish a specific quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for Japanese allergic conjunctival disease (ACD) (Japanese allergic conjunctival disease QOL questionnaire: JACQLQ).


METHODS
A multicenter study was conducted in 521 patients with ACD and 127 healthy volunteers (total 648 cases). The JACQLQ ver. 0 was developed by modifying the Japanese rhino-conjunctivitis QOL questionnaire (JRQLQ). The participants were asked to complete the questionnaire, and objective scores were determined by an ophthalmologist using a slit lamp. To confirm validity, item and factor analyses were conducted and correlation coefficients were calculated.


RESULTS
The items were grouped into four subscales (Daily activity, Psychological well-being, Eye symptoms, Nasal symptoms) after factor analysis. The JACQLQ had good item-internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha: 0.846-0.934). QOL scores were correlated with eye itching, eye irritation and tearing. Objective scores were correlated with eye redness, eye itching and eye irritation. Face scores were correlated with eye itching, eye irritation and eye redness.


CONCLUSIONS
The JACQLQ is a useful tool for assessing disease specific QOL in ACD.
Ryogoku Eye Clinic, Tokyo, Japan. BR5K-FKGW@asahi-net.or.jp
Kazumi
K
Fukagawa
Hiroshi
H
Fujishima
Atsuki
A
Fukushima
Tamaki
T
Sumi
Shigeki
S
Okamoto
Jun
J
Shoji
Yoshiyuki
Y
Satake
Shigeaki
S
Ohno
Kenichi
K
Namba
Nobuyoshi
N
Kitaichi
Nobuyuki
N
Ebihara
Hiroshi
H
Takahashi
Naoki
N
Kumagai
Yuichi
Y
Uchino
Miki
M
Uchino
Koichi
K
Murayama
Miki
M
Sakata
Eiichi
E
Uchio
Etsuko
E
Takamura
Yuichi
Y
Ohashi
Kimihiro
K
Ohkubo
Toshihiko
T
Satoh
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D003233:Conjunctivitis, Allergic / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires