Grading the severity of allergic rhinitis for treatment strategy and drug study purposes

作     者：Okuda, Minoru 

作者机构：Japan Allergy and Asthma Clinic Nippon Medical School 1-1 Sendagi Bunkyoku Tokyo Japan 

出 版 物：《Current Allergy and Asthma Reports》 (Curr. Allergy Asthma Rep.)

年 卷 期：2001年第1卷第3期

页      面：235-241页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Allergic Rhinitis Allergy Clin Immunol Nasal Symptom Rhinitis Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis 

摘      要：Grading the severity of rhinitis symptoms is essential for the evaluation of drug efficacy. However, a uniform grading system has not been standardized. A review of 44 journal articles and symposia from Japan, Copenhagen, and the World Health Organization indicates major differences among systems. All except the World Health Organization used a sum of rhinitis scores. The lack of standardization limits comparisons of subjective symptom changes after comparable treatments. Corrective measures include the use of evidence-based definitions of independent nasal symptoms, avoidance of biases in evaluation, and establishment of international consensus for a standardized scale in this era of globalization. © 2001, Current Science Inc.