title: Using parental perceptions of childhood allergic rhinitis to inform primary care management.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe parents' experience with their child's allergic rhinitis (AR) to inform management by the primary care provider (PCP).
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred parents with a child 7 to 15 years old with AR symptoms within the past 12 months completed a paper survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The child's AR was identified as a significant problem in spring (89.3%), fall (63.4%), summer (50.3%), and winter (21.4%); 51.3% had persistent disease. AR symptoms most commonly interfered with the child's outdoor activities and sleeping, and frequently bothered the parent and other family members. Most parents (88.3%) wanted to know what their child was allergic to and had many concerns about treatment options. A total of 62.9% had sought AR care from the PCP in the past 12 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Many families experience significant morbidity from their child's AR and turn to their PCP for help. We identified opportunities for the PCP to reduce AR morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA jgarbutt@dom.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garbutt
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Randall
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sterkel
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Bridget
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Conlon
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leege
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bloomberg
authors.affiliation: Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Strunk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D000066505:Help-Seeking Behavior; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D010465:Perception; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D065631:Rhinitis, Allergic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D006633:Histamine Antagonists
keywords: allergic rhinitis; practice-based research network