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Differences in the Prevalence of Adults with Allergic Rhinitis by Gender

Authors
Asti Widuri1, *, Vicha Az-zahra Nabila Hidayat2
1Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: astiwiduri@gmail.com
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Asti Widuri
Available Online 26 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-070-1_4How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Allergic rhinitis; gender; prevalence; clinical manifestation
Abstract

In many countries in the world, the prevalence of allergic rhinitis (AR) in adults varies greatly between and within countries. Although it does not cause fatal effects, AR can affect the quality of life both socially and financially. Aims of this research was to determine the differences in the prevalence of adults with AR by gender. This study uses a cross-sectional observational analysis design. The participants were medical students from the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta’s college of medicine that selected by proportionate stratified random sampling, divided into two groups based on male and female sex. Data were collected using Score For Allergic Rhinitis (SFAR) questionnaire which distributed to respondents via google form. Shappiro-Wilk is analysis method used for normality test and contingency coefficient test is used to determine the relationship between variables. The prevalence of allergic rhinitis in female was 23.9% and in male was 8.7%. There was a significant differences in the prevalence of adults with AR between male and female and the p value = 0.028. The highest prevalence of allergic rhinitis was found in the 21 year age group. The most common symptom of allergic rhinitis in male is nasal congestion, but in female is runny nose.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation on Health Sciences and Nursing (ICOSI-HSN 2022)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
26 December 2022
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978-94-6463-070-1
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2468-5739
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