Open AccessAllergic Rhinitis: A neglected disease - A community based assessment among adults in Delhi
Author(s) -
Bireshwar Sinha,
Vibha,
Rupak Singla,
Ranadip Chowdhury
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.159418
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , overcrowding , spirometry , logistic regression , disease , cross sectional study , allergy , pediatrics , environmental health , immunology , pathology , economics , economic growth
Allergic Rhinitis is rather erroneously viewed as a trivial disease. It is important in that it can significantly affect quality of life. There is paucity of community based prevalence studies on the disease in India. This study was planned to assess the prevalence of allergic rhinitis in adults, the proportion of asthmatics among them, risk factors associated and treatment seeking behaviour among the patients.