Rhinitis: do diagnostic criteria affect the prevalence and treatment?

Allergy
D-Y WangT P Ng

Abstract

Rhinitis is one of the world's most common health problems. Diagnostic criteria used in community surveys may affect reported prevalence and treatment. A proportionately stratified random sample study was performed to investigate the prevalence, comorbidities and management of community-based patients with rhinitis in the tropical urban city of Singapore. The prevalence of at least one, two, three, or four nasal symptoms on most days during the past year in our study population was 25.5%, 13.1%, 6.5%, and 3.0%, respectively. Based on the definition of 'rhinitis' by the International Consensus Report (ICR), the prevalence was 13.1% in Singapore. There was significantly higher prevalence of self-reported allergy, asthma, and common cold/influenza-like illness among the rhinitis group. In the 53% of rhinitis subjects seeking for medical help, 71% visited a primary care physician and 20% an otolaryngologist. Treatments as reported by patients were decongestants (topical or oral) 27%, antibiotics 12%, antihistamines 6%, nasal steroids 3%, surgery 2%, traditional methods 28%, and 22% did not know what medication they had. Subjects considered the effectiveness of treatment unsatisfactory because the majority of them had only partial o...Continue Reading

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