title: [Analysis of quality of life and emotion symptoms in adolescents with allergic rhinitis in middle area of Jiangsu Province].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the quality of life and emotion symptoms (anxiety symptom and depressive symptom) of adolescents with allergic rhinitis (AR) in middle area of Jiangsu province.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case-control study on quality of life and emotion symptoms among 220 AR adolescents and 240 controls was performed. The participants were investigated by questionnaires of RQLQ, ICD, and SCARED.SPSS 13.0 software was used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores of RQLQ five dimensions with AR were higher than the controlled subjects respectively(all P<0.01). The score of SCARED((24.15±4.89) vs (19.13±3.17)) but not ICD((20.78±4.4) vs (19.97±3.45)) in AR was higher than the controlled subjects(t=12.79, P<0.05; t=2.34, P>0.05). Furthermore, anxiety symptom was significantly associated with nasal symptoms, other problems and behavior problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The quality of life and emotion symptoms were significantly affected by AR. It is important to pay attention to overall health in AR adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the Afflicted Hospital, Nantong University, Jiangsu 226006, China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Nantong University, Jiangsu 226019, China.
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D065631:Rhinitis, Allergic / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires