Aeroallergen sensitization in school-age children with allergic rhinitis: What has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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dc.contributor.authorGunaydin, Nursen Cigerci
dc.contributor.authorTanc, Ceren
dc.contributor.authorCeliker, Ezgi Tanburoglu
dc.contributor.authorKacmaz, Sule Guler
dc.contributor.authorSamanci, Nedim
dc.contributor.authorNalbantoglu, Aysin
dc.contributor.authorNalbantoglu, Burcin
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T17:58:54Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T17:58:54Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: Pandemic period may affect aeroallergen sensitization. Objective: The study aimed to investigate changes in allergen sensitivities of skin prick test (SPT) in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) during pandemic and to evaluate relationship with disease severity. Methods: In all, 164 AR patients with or without asthma, aged 6-17 years, who have undergone SPTs prior to the pandemic and after October 1, 2021 (18th month of the pandemic), were evaluated retrospectively. The wheal size of allergens in performed SPTs during and prior to the pandemic were compared. Detected changes in allergen sensitivities via SPT results were compared with changes in the disease severity parameters (AR severity, asthma severity, and the number of asthma exacerbations per year), frequency of upper respiratory tract infections and antibiotic use, laboratory parameters, demographic characteristics, and visual analogue scores (VAS). Results: House dust mites (HDMs), cat, pollen, Artemisia, and Cupressus sensitization increased in AR patients during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. HDM, mold, and pollen wheal diameters increased in SPTs. Proportion of polysensitization increased during the pandemic, compared to pre-pandemic period (9.1% vs 3%; P < 0.001), and number of non-sensitized patients decreased during the pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic period (7.9% vs 22.6%; P < 0.001). An increase in HDM sensitivity in SPTs was correlated with VAS for nasal blockage, and an increase in cat sensitivity was correlated with VAS for all nasal symptoms. Conclusion: We believe that inhalant allergen sensitization might have been affected by the lifestyle changes of patients during the pandemic. Hence, it is important to evaluate patients for allergen sensitization, especially patients with moderate/severe AR, to revise disease control measurements. (c) 2023 Codon Publications. Published by Codon Publications.
dc.identifier.doi10.15586/aei.v51i3.832
dc.identifier.endpage79
dc.identifier.issn0301-0546
dc.identifier.issn1578-1267
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid37169562
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85158903102
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage68
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15586/aei.v51i3.832
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/14551
dc.identifier.volume51
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001036844100010
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCodon Publications
dc.relation.ispartofAllergologia Et Immunopathologia
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectaeroallergens
dc.subjectallergic rhinitis
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectskin prick test
dc.titleAeroallergen sensitization in school-age children with allergic rhinitis: What has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic?
dc.typeArticle

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