Compliance to sublingual immunotherapy in patients with allergic rhinitis in Guangzhou city / 中国耳鼻咽喉头颈外科
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
; (12): 616-618, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT]OBJECTIVETo study the compliance to sublingual immunotherapy(SLIT) in patients with allergic rhinitis(AR) in Guangzhou city.METHODSFrom January 2014 to May 2014, 202 patients with AR received SLIT were followed up by telephone. According to age, the patients were divided into group A(age0.05). Main reasons for poor compliance included poor efficacy (48.48%), insufficient education about SLIT (16.67%), inconvenience (15.15%), and adverse reactions(10.61%).CONCLUSION In Guangzhou city, lost follow-up rate in AR patients receiving SLIT is high. Compliance to SLIT is relatively low and improvements shall be made.
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Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2015
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