Comparison of Allergic Rhinitis Treatments on Utilities and Quality of Life: A MASK-air Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis displays a relevant impact on quality of life. Medications used in the treatment of rhinitis have been assessed on their impact on rhinoconjunctivitis-related quality of life, but not on generic health-related quality of life metrics, such as utilities or EQ-5D visual analogue scale (VAS) levels. This study aimed to compare different medication classes and individual medications on utilities and EQ-5D VAS levels using data from a mobile app.
METHODS: We conducted an observational study using direct patient data from the MASK-air mobile application, collected between May 2015 and December 2024. We compared rhinitis medication classes and individual medications on health utilities (computed from the EQ-5D-5L questionnaire) and the EQ-5D VAS. To account for confounding, we employed inverse probability treatment weighting based on propensity scores, adjusting for demographics, baseline symptom control, and asthma status.
RESULTS: The study analysed 69,973 observations with EQ-5D VAS data and 842 observations with utility data. At the medication class level, fixed combinations of intranasal antihistamines and corticosteroids were associated with improvements in EQ-5D VAS (mean difference = 1.900; 95% CI = 1.316-2.484) and utilities (mean difference = 0.022; 95% CI = -0.015 to 0.059) compared with oral antihistamines (OAH). Intranasal antihistamines were associated with lower EQ-5D VAS and utility scores than other intranasal treatments. For…
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