Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA
Background: There are very few studies about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina. Objective: To determine the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in a population of inhabitants between the ages of 5 and 44 in Argentina. Methods: A cross-sectional national study in which a self-reported qu...
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| author | Daniel Vázquez Iris Medina Georgina Logusso Sergio Arias Gabriel Gattolin Claudio Parisi |
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| description | Background: There are very few studies about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in a population of inhabitants between the ages of 5 and 44 in Argentina.
Methods: A cross-sectional national study in which a self-reported questionnaire was used. The included participants are between the ages of 5 and 44 and they reside in urban areas. The information was collected by phone.
Results: 3200 participants were surveyed: 51.8% were women, 37.6% were between the ages of 5 and 19, and 62.4%, were between the ages of 20 and 44. The global prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinitis was of 20.5%; the most frequent symptoms were sneezing (58.5%) and nasal congestion (51.4%). Overall, 44.3% of the participants had a family history of allergies. Allergic rhinitis was more frequent in women; the prevalence was of 22.3% in the group of participants between the ages of 5 and 19, and of 19.4% in the group of participants between the ages of 20 and 40 (p=0.0545); 63.8% of participants with symptoms did not have a medical diagnosis.
Conclusions: The results of this first cross-sectional national survey have confirmed the high prevalence of self-reported symptoms of allergic rhinitis in adults and children in Argentina, particularly in women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbdaa577c706419ca9e7390ee612334c2023-08-02T05:28:32ZengColegio Mexicano de Inmunología Clínica y Alergia, A.C.Revista Alergia México0002-51512448-91902019-04-01661556410.29262/ram.v66i1.543400Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARADaniel Vázquez0Iris Medina1Georgina Logusso2Sergio Arias3Gabriel Gattolin4Claudio Parisi5Asociación Argentina de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Buenos AiresAsociación Argentina de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Buenos AiresSanofi Consumer Health Care Cono Sur, Buenos AiresInstituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Santa FeAsociación Argentina de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Buenos AiresAsociación Argentina de Alergia e Inmunología Clínica, Buenos AiresBackground: There are very few studies about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina. Objective: To determine the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in a population of inhabitants between the ages of 5 and 44 in Argentina. Methods: A cross-sectional national study in which a self-reported questionnaire was used. The included participants are between the ages of 5 and 44 and they reside in urban areas. The information was collected by phone. Results: 3200 participants were surveyed: 51.8% were women, 37.6% were between the ages of 5 and 19, and 62.4%, were between the ages of 20 and 44. The global prevalence of symptoms of allergic rhinitis was of 20.5%; the most frequent symptoms were sneezing (58.5%) and nasal congestion (51.4%). Overall, 44.3% of the participants had a family history of allergies. Allergic rhinitis was more frequent in women; the prevalence was of 22.3% in the group of participants between the ages of 5 and 19, and of 19.4% in the group of participants between the ages of 20 and 40 (p=0.0545); 63.8% of participants with symptoms did not have a medical diagnosis. Conclusions: The results of this first cross-sectional national survey have confirmed the high prevalence of self-reported symptoms of allergic rhinitis in adults and children in Argentina, particularly in women.http://revistaalergia.mx/ojs/index.php/ram/article/view/543allergic rhinitisself-reported questionnaireepidemiologychildrenadults |
| spellingShingle | Daniel Vázquez Iris Medina Georgina Logusso Sergio Arias Gabriel Gattolin Claudio Parisi Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA Revista Alergia México allergic rhinitis self-reported questionnaire epidemiology children adults |
| title | Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA |
| title_full | Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA |
| title_fullStr | Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA |
| title_short | Cross-sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in Argentina: Study PARA |
| title_sort | cross sectional survey about the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in argentina study para |
| topic | allergic rhinitis self-reported questionnaire epidemiology children adults |
| url | http://revistaalergia.mx/ojs/index.php/ram/article/view/543 |
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