ArticlePloS one2014
Treatment of allergic rhinitis is associated with improved attention performance in children: the Allergic Rhinitis Cohort Study for Kids (ARCO-Kids).
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Prospective Longitudinal Study on the Association Between Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis and Cognitive Ability in Children
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Two meta-analyses of the association between atopic diseases and core symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Symptoms and sleep characteristics of tic disorder children with allergic diseases: a case-control study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Impact of the Allergic Therapeutic Adherence in Children with Allergic Rhinitis and ADHD: A Pilot Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence, comorbidities, diagnosis, and treatment of nonallergic rhinitis: real-world comparison with allergic rhinitis.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2021Article
- Effect of Adenotonsillectomy on Attention in Korean Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2018Article
- Allergic Rhinitis in Rats Is Associated with an Inflammatory Response of the Hippocampus.Behavioural neurology · 2018Article
- Radiographic Changes of the Nasal Septal Body Among Patients With Sinonasal Diseases.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2017Article
- Moxibustion with Chinese herbal has good effect on allergic rhinitis.International journal of clinical and experimental medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundIt has been well known that pediatric allergic rhinitis was associated with poor performance at school due to attention deficit. However, there were no cohort studies for the effect of treatment of allergic rhinitis on attention performance in pediatric population. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether attention performance was improved after treatment in children with allergic rhinitis.
methodsIn this ARCO-Kids (Allergic Rhinitis Cohort Study for Kids), consecutive pediatric patients with rhinitis symptoms underwent a skin prick test and computerized comprehensive attention test. According to the skin prick test results, the children were diagnosed as allergic rhinitis or non- allergic rhinitis. All of the patients were regularly followed up and treated with oral medication or intranasal corticosteroid sprays. The comprehensive attention tests consisted of sustained and divided attention tasks. Each of the tasks was assessed by the attention score which was calculated by the number of omission and commission errors. The comprehension attention test was repeated after 1 year.
resultsA total of 797 children with allergic rhinitis and 239 children with non-allergic rhinitis were included. Initially, the attention scores of omission and commission errors on divided attention task were significantly lower in children with allergic rhinitis than in children with non-allergic rhinitis. After 1 year of treatment, children with allergic rhinitis showed improvement in attention: commission error of sustained (95.6±17.0 vs 97.0±16.6) and divided attention task (99.1±15.8 vs 91.8±23.5). Meanwhile, there was no significant difference of attention scores in children with non-allergic rhinitis.
conclusionsOur study showed that management of allergic rhinitis might be associated with improvement of attention.
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