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Importance of Quality of Life for Adherence to Sublingual Immunotherapy
Joint Authors
Shah-Hosseini, Kija
Lemberg, Marie-Luise
Eberle, Peter
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-07-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Nonperception of efficacy ranks among the most commonly cited causes for nonadherence to sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT).
Quality of life (QoL) in patients is a determining factor influencing adherence.
We investigated QoL and adherence separately in SLIT patients at one pediatric practice in Germany.
Methods.
We conducted a noninterventional, cross-sectional, retrospective, quality-of-life survey among pediatric patients treated with SLIT.
QoL was assessed using the generic SF-12 health survey in German.
The items contained in the SF-12 health survey are weighted, added up, and converted to obtain a physical component score (PCS) and a mental component score (MCS).
Each component score ranges from 0 to 100; the higher the score, the better the QoL perceived.
Results.
201 surveyed patients who had undergone SLIT showed PCS-12 of 49.3 (± 7.0) and MCS-12 of 52.6 (± 7.2).
These figures correlate strongly with those reported for the German general population ( n = 2453 ) : PCS-12 of 49.6 (± 8.7) and MCS-12 of 52.3 (± 8.0).
70.2% (73) of 104 patients were adherent at this practice.
Conclusions.
QoL in the SLIT patients surveyed here appears as good as that of the general population.
Adherence to SLIT at this practice was remarkably better than that reported elsewhere.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lemberg, Marie-Luise& Eberle, Peter& Shah-Hosseini, Kija. 2016. Importance of Quality of Life for Adherence to Sublingual Immunotherapy. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098027
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lemberg, Marie-Luise…[et al.]. Importance of Quality of Life for Adherence to Sublingual Immunotherapy. BioMed Research International No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098027
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lemberg, Marie-Luise& Eberle, Peter& Shah-Hosseini, Kija. Importance of Quality of Life for Adherence to Sublingual Immunotherapy. BioMed Research International. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1098027
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1098027