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Table 3 Items included in the questionnaire and results

From: Allergic respiratory disease (ARD), setting forth the basics: proposals of an expert consensus report

  

Mean

Median

Interquartile range

Above the median

Result

1

There is abundant evidence confirming the notion of one airway, one disease, which is the conceptual basis of the management of patients diagnosed with rhinoconjunctivitis and/or asthma

8.13

8

1

10

Agreement

2

The definition of allergic respiratory disease (ARD) as a single entity that includes rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma would facilitate its management

7.38

8

2.5

25

Agreement

3

ARD is an altered state of health caused by the generation of IgE antibodies to airborne allergens leading to various clinical manifestations in the upper and/or lower airway

7.85

8

2

10

Agreement

4

The ARD endotype is characterized by the presence of allergic airway inflammation that constitutes the etiological basis of the disease and its exacerbations

7.98

8.5

1.5

12.5

Agreement

5

The clinical manifestations of ARD include nasal (or naso-ocular) symptoms and/or bronchial symptoms

8.55

9

1

0

Agreement

6

The clinical manifestations of ARD may be present perennially or seasonally

8.08

9

1

15

Agreement

7

The clinical manifestations of ARD may be present intermittently or persistently

8.3

9

1

7.5

Agreement

8

The clinical manifestations of ARD may be variable at different times in the patient’s life

8.55

9

1

0

Agreement

9

A comprehensive approach to rhinoconjunctivitis and allergic asthma includes the assessment of both entities, irrespective of whether they are present at a given time in a patient

8.15

9

1

7.5

Agreement

10

The prevalence of ARD depends on the age of the patient

7.93

8

2

7.5

Agreement

11

The prevalence of ARD depends on the clinical manifestations analyzed (rhinoconjunctivitis, asthma, or both)

7.6

8

2

12.5

Agreement

12

The prevalence of ARD has geographic variability.

7.43

8

2

20

Agreement

13

Allergic rhinitis usually precedes the development of asthma in adults

7.7

8

1

7.5

Agreement

14

The probability of developing symptoms affecting the lower airway is increased by up to 3-5 times in patients with ARD expressed as persistent allergic rhinitis

7.83

8

1.5

5

Agreement

15

Rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma may appear consecutively or simultaneously in ARD patients

8.3

8

1

0

Agreement

16

An early assessment of ARD should be in made children with food allergy and/or atopic dermatitis

8

8

1

7.5

Agreement

  1. Definition and Epidemiology