Effect of Anti-allergic Therapy on Quality of Life in Children with Allergic Conjunctivitis and Their Parents.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of anti-allergic therapy on quality of life (QoL) in children with allergic conjunctivitis (AC) and their parents.

METHODS

Prospective single-arm intervention study including 55 AC child-parent pairs. The endpoint was that AC was successfully controlled after anti-allergic therapies. The primary outcome was the change in QoL of children from baseline to endpoint as measured by the total Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PesdQL) score.

RESULTS

The total PedsQL scores of children and parents were improved after treatment (P < .001). QoL improved greater in children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis/atopic keratoconjunctivitis, those without other allergy outside the eye, and those with lower baseline total PedsQL score. Greater improvement of parents' QoL was associated with longer treating duration, greater improvement of children's QoL, lower baseline parents' total PedsQL score, and more severe baseline children's signs.

CONCLUSION

Both pediatric AC patients' and their parents 'reduced QoL were improved after anti-allergic therapy.

CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry Identifier: ChiCTR2000037866.