Comparison of six disease severity scores for allergic rhinitis against pollen counts a prospective analysis at population and individual level

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Comparison of six disease severity scores for allergic rhinitis against pollen counts a prospective analysis at population and individual level. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2016: 27: 382-390Keywords allergic rhinitis; e-Health; grass pollen; hay fever; symptom-medication score Abstract Background: Many different symptom (medication) scores are nowadays used as measures of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis severity in individual patients and in clinical trials. Their differences contribute to the heterogeneity of the primary end-point in metaanalyses, so that calls for symptom (medication) score harmonization have been launched. Objective: To prospectively compare six different severity scores for allergic rhinitis (AR) against pollen counts at both population and individual levels. Methods: Two groups of children with seasonal AR and grass pollen sensitization were recruited in Ascoli, Italy (n = 76) and Berlin, Germany (n = 29). Symptoms and drug intake were monitored daily for 40 and 30 days of the grass pollen season in 2011 (Ascoli) and 2013 (Berlin), respectively, through an Internet-based platform (AllergyMonitor TM , TPS Production srl, Rome, Italy). From the gathered data, the informatics platform automatically generated one symptom score (RTSS) and five symptom-medication scores (RC-ACS

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