Abstract
We previously reported that patients with Japanese-cedar pollinosis often complained of a substantially decreased QOL. In this study, we examined the correlation between the QOL score and background factors in Japanese-cedar pollinosis using a SF-36 questionnaire. The subjects, who consisted of 240 patients with Japanese-cedar pollinosis, were the same as those investigated in the previous study. No relationship was observed between the QOL score and the duration of pollinosis. The higher the number of consultations from January. to March, the greater the decrease in the QOL score. Smoking had no effect on the QOL score. On the other hand, the patients who drank alcohol showed a better QOL than non-drinkers. From these results, we concluded that various background factors influence the QOL in Japanese-cedar pollinosis patients.
