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The Trend of the Burden of Allergic Rhinitis Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic in the Urban Population of Perak, Malaysia

Chew CC 1 , Lim XJ 2 , Narayanan MS 3 , Letchumanan P 3 , Rajan P 2 , Chong CP 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
  • 2 Clinical Research Centre, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ministry of Health, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ministry of Health, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2023 May 30.
PMID: 37362103 DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-03896-x

Abstract

AIMS: This study aims to determine the trend of allergic rhinitis (AR) prevalence in a tertiary hospital between 2017 and 2022, and to compare its prevalence pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving the extraction of all Malaysian patients' medical records who were diagnosed with AR and attended the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic of a government-funded tertiary hospital in Malaysia between 2017 and 2022.

RESULTS: 3,744 cases out of the 57,968 first-encounter outpatient visits to the otorhinolaryngology clinic were extracted for analysis. Overall, the prevalence of AR cases ranged from 1.83 to 9.23% between 2017 and 2022. There was a significant drop of 21.38 to 70.22% between the pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic (p 

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