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To elucidate the role of psychogenous factor in the symptom of nasal allergy, psychological test such as CMI, Y-G and a simple qestionnaire, proposed by the present authors was presented to 104 patients with allergic rhinitis. The control group included 33 patients with infectious rhinitis and 31 healthy persons.
The patients with allergic rhinitis were divided into two groups: 87 patients with allergic rhinitis and 17 with allergic rhinitis associated with bronchial asthma.
In the CMI test, a neurotic tendency was observed only in allergic rhinitis associated with bronchial asthma, but not in allergic rhinitis alone or control.
Repeated CMI testing in the same patients showed varied results.
In Y-G test, type of character A, D and E were found more frequently in allergic rhinitis alone, while types of C and E were found more frequently in allergic rhinitis associated with bronchial asthma.
The test proposed by the present authors which was composed of 30 questions, was useful as screening test in outpatients clinic since the results from this test were similar to those from CMI test.
The psychosomatic factor is not so much evident in allergic rhinitis as it is in asthma.
