Health‐related quality of life in allergic rhinitis: comparing the short form ESPRINT‐15 and MiniRQLQ questionnaires
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Background We compared the psychometric properties of the ESPRINT-15, the short form of a new Spanish instrument to measure health-related quality of life in allergic rhinitis (AR) patients, with those of the Mini-Rhinoconjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (MiniRQLQ). Methods The questionnaires were compared in Spanish patients with intermittent allergic rhinitis (IAR) or persistent AR in a prospective, observational study. Floor and ceiling effects, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha), test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient; ICC), convergent and known groups validity, and sensitivity to change (standardized response means; SRMs) were compared. Results In terms of content, while the MiniRQLQ has a dimension covering practical problems and places more emphasis on symptoms, the ESPRINT-15 has two dimensions (Sleep and Psychological impact) which are not included in the MiniRQLQ. In the validation study, 400 patients were included and 59% of the sample had persistent AR. There were no significant floor or ceiling effects on any dimension on either questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha values for the ESPRINT-15 and MiniRQLQ overall scores were 0.92 and 0.90, respectively. In 48 clinically stable patients, ICCs were 0.80 and 0.77, respectively. Both instruments discriminated between patients with IAR and persistent AR. Correlations with symptom scores and generic measures were moderate to strong. SRMs for overall scores and individual dimensions on the tw…
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The quality-of-life questionnaires most used in allergic rhinitis are the RQLQ and the ESPRINT.
“The QOL questionnaires most used in AR (Table 4 [35,36,86,104-112]) are the RQLQ (validated in Spanish [109]) and the ESPRINT (Spanish QOL questionnaire for rhinitis)”
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- Valero, A., Alonso, J., Antépara, I., Baró, E., Colás, C., Del Cuvillo, A., Ferrer, M., Herdman, M., Marti‐Guadaño, E., Monclús, L., Navarro‐Pulido, A. M., Sastre, J., Izquierdo, I., & Mullol, J.
- Affiliations
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (ES)
- Municipal Institute for Medical Research (ES)
- Hospital de Basurto (ES)
- Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (ES)
- Uriach (Spain) (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Valero, A.
- Venue
- Allergy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-10-30
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1372-1378
- ISSN
- 0105-4538 (ISSN-L)
- 1398-9995
- OpenAlex
- W1979053557
- Cited by
- 54
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- 2
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- 2.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Allergy (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Keywords
- allergic rhinitis, health-related quality of life, questionnaire validation, psychometric properties, intermittent allergic rhinitis, persistent allergic rhinitis, Spanish-speaking patients, sensitivity to change, floor and ceiling effects
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Conjunctivitis, Allergic, Female, Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, Health Status, Humans, Male, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial, Sensitivity and Specificity, Severity of Illness Index, Spain, Reproducibility of Results, Sickness Impact Profile
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