Measuring Quality of Life in Children With Rhinoconjunctivitis

1. Juniper EF, 2. Howland WC, 3. Roberts NB, 4. Thompson AK, 5. King DR, 6. Math B (1998) J Allergy Clin Immunol. 101:163–170. [OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] #### Purpose of the Study To develop, pretest, and validate a questionnaire to measure quality of life in children with seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (SAR). ##### Study Population Children, ages 6 to 12 years, with a history of SAR and troublesome symptoms during the previous month. ##### Methods Two studies in different locations were conducted to develop the Paediatric Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (PRQLQ). Study 1 was the “development” phase in which PRQLQ questions were developed and modified in 34 children with SAR. Forty-eight items in 8 initial domains were reduced to 23 questions in 5 domains (nose symptoms, eye symptoms, … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DJournal%2Bof%2BAllergy%2Band%2BClinical%2BImmunology%26rft.stitle%253DJournal%2Bof%2BAllergy%2Band%2BClinical%2BImmunology%26rft.aulast%253DJuniper%26rft.auinit1%253DE.%2BF.%26rft.volume%253D101%26rft.issue%253D2%2BPt%2B1%26rft.spage%253D163%26rft.epage%253D170%26rft.atitle%253DMeasuring%2Bquality%2Bof%2Blife%2Bin%2Bchildren%2Bwith%2Brhinoconjunctivitis.%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1016%252FS0091-6749%252898%252970380-X%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F9500748%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1016/S0091-6749(98)70380-X&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=9500748&link_type=MED&atom=%2Fpediatrics%2F104%2FSupplement_2%2F368.2.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000072244800004&link_type=ISI