Severity of allergic rhinitis impacts sleep and anxiety: results from a large Spanish cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a highly prevalent disease that generates high social and health care costs and also has a significant effect on quality of life and quality of sleep. It has also been related to some psychological disorders like anxiety or depression.

Objective

To evaluate anxiety, depression, and quality of sleep and life alteration in a group of patients with perennial AR compared to a group of seasonal AR patients.

Methods

Six-hundred seventy adults (> 18 years) with perennial and seasonal AR were recruited consecutively in 47 centers in Spain. Individuals were grouped in "Perennial" and "Seasonal" according to the seasonality of their symptoms. Anxiety, depression, sleep quality and health related quality of life were evaluated using the Hospi

SUBMITTER: Munoz-Cano R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6036679 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature