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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3322</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13204</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>To Study the Impact of Allergic Rhinitis on Quality of Life in a Tertiary Care Hospital&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aruthra</surname><given-names>R.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Manoj</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>16</day><month>01</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>118</fpage><lpage>120</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Chronic diseases because of their prolonged and enervating nature can influence the quality of life (QOL) of the individual1. Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common long-standing medical condition. If not treated, it can result in considerable healthrelated and economic consequences. Quality of life, while referring to an individuals__ampersandsignrsquo; health is known as Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL). The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of AR on an individual__ampersandsignrsquo;s quality of life. Objective: The objective of our study was to study the effect of allergic rhinitis on an individual__ampersandsignrsquo;s quality of life. Methods: A specific questionnaire called the Rhino conjunctivitis Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ) was used to study HRQL in allergic rhinitis in the ENT OP of Saveetha Medical College and Hospital from January 2020 to March 2020. RQLQ covers 7 domains and has a scale from 0 to 6. Results: Out of 40 patients, 24 (60%) were male and 16 (40%) were female. Out of 40 patients analysed the most common symptom was rhinorrhea. Out of the total 40 patients, the QOL was mildly affected in 13 (32.5%) and severely affected in 27 (67.5%) patients. Conclusion: It was observed that allergic rhinitis did have a notable impact on the quality of life.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Allergic rhinitis (AR)</kwd><kwd> Quality of Life (QOL)</kwd><kwd> Quality of Life Questionnaire (RQLQ)</kwd><kwd> Rhino conjunctivitis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
