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Seo, Kim, Jee, Ahn, Kim, Hong, and Work Group for Allergic Rhinitis of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (KAAACI): A Survey of Korean Physicians’ Prescription Patterns for Allergic Rhinitis

Abstract

Objectives

The aim of this study was to compare the prescription patterns according to characteristics of physicians using a survey distributed amongst physicians in Korea.

Methods

We surveyed the prescription patterns for allergic rhinitis (AR) of the members of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (KAAACI) and the Korean Association of Otorhinolaryngologists (KAO). Questionnaire contained 4 categories with 28 queries. 448 physicians including 98 internal medicine (IM), 113 pediatrics (PED), and 237 otorhinolaryngology (ENT) were responded.

Results

Although the Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines are most frequently used in all specialties, seasonal or perennial AR is the most frequent classification system. For the definitive diagnosis of AR, ENT physicians reported using multiple allergen simultaneous test (MAST)/radio allergy sorbent test (RAST) more than others (IM, 10.9%; PED, 20.6%; ENT, 44.2%; P<0.001). In treatment, most physicians reported that antihistamine medication is the initial treatment for AR. PED physicians prescribed fewer intranasal steroid to combinations with an antihistamine than other specialists (IM, 65.3%; PED, 42.5%; ENT, 63.3%), but preferred leukotriene antagonists (IM, 4.1%; PED, 23.0%; ENT, 3.9%; P=0.041). Overall, 53% (235/448) of the physicians performed allergen immunotherapy (AIT), and IM administers the most AIT (IM, 71.6%; PED, 42.0%; ENT, 39.5%; P=0.019). Furthermore, university and general hospital physicians prescribed more AIT than doctors at other hospital types (university hospital, 76.4%; general hospital, 64.3%; local hospital, 21.4%; private clinic, 20.2%; P<0.001).

Conclusion

The prescription patterns for AR were different according to the physicians’ characteristics and general rate of prescribing AIT is just about 53% in Korea. Thus, the development of complementary Korean-specific guidelines is needed and proper clinical instruction of AIT would be necessary.

INTRODUCTION

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is one of the most common diseases in rhinologic and allergic clinics; the prevalence was 18.5%–28% and the mean annual cost for AR patients was about $18,000 in Korea [1-3]. Several clinical guidelines proposed by various organizations have been used on AR, and the prescription patterns vary by characteristics of physicians [4-7]. Furthermore, allergen immunotherapy (AIT) is the only medical intervention that modifies the natural course of AR, but it is not popular in Korea compared to Western countries [8]. Thus, an assessment of common diagnostic and therapeutic prescription patterns for AR is essential for recommending the proper management of AR to primary physicians; however, no data are available for Korean populations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the prescription patterns of AR according to specialties and affiliated practice types of physicians in Korea.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

A survey of members of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (KAAACI) and the Korean Association of Otorhinolaryngologists (KAO) was performed between May and September 2016. The authors used both online and offline survey methods. The survey contained 28 questions and was divided into four categories: demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and AIT. The responses were anonymous, and no personal information was collected (Supplementary Table 1). Prescription patterns were compared according to the physicians’ specialties (internal medicine [IM], pediatrics [PED], and otorhinolaryngology [ENT]) and practice types (university hospital, general hospital, local hospital, and private clinic). The statistical analysis was carried out using a chi-square test. To avoid demographical discordance, the authors adjusted the practice type and physician specialty with a multinomial regression. All statistical analyses were approved by the Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology Center of Samsung Medical Center and performed with the R software ver. 3.3.0 (R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria; http://www.R-project.org). A P-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS

Demographic data

A total of 448 physicians responded to the questionnaire, and the numbers of IM, PED, and ENT physicians were 98, 113, and 237, respectively. Of the 448 responders, 149, 36, 28, and 235 physicians worked at university hospitals, general hospitals, local hospitals, and private clinics, respectively (Table 1).

Diagnosis

Most physicians reported that the patients’ symptoms were the most important parameter for the diagnosis of AR and showed no significant difference according to physician specialty (IM, 86.5%; PED, 88.8%; ENT, 78.4%; P=0.177). However, for a definitive diagnosis of AR, ENT physicians used multiple allergen simultaneous test (MAST)/radio allergy sorbent test (RAST) more than others (IM, 10.9%; PED, 20.6%; ENT, 44.2%), and this result was statistically significant (P<0.001) (Fig. 1). Furthermore, the physicians who worked in university hospitals used skin prick testing most often (university hospital, 75.7%; general hospital, 37.5%; local hospital, 18.5%; private clinic, 37.7%), but this difference had no statistical significance (P=0.182).
Physicians used various parameters to diagnose AR, with the most popular being the ARIA guidelines (IM, 54.7%; PED, 62.0%; ENT, 53.3%). Furthermore many ENT physicians also used the Korean Rhinologic Society (KRS) guidelines (25.8%), while PED and IM physicians preferred the KAAACI guidelines (26.9% and 38.4%, respectively). However; about 12.1% of physicians used no guidelines for AR; and this tendency increased with a lower hospital grade (university hospital, 4.3%; general hospital, 9.1%; local hospital, 14.3%; private clinic, 17.2%). In addition; the authors also found that ENT physicians used guidelines less frequently than other specialists (IM, 7.0%; PED, 8.3%; ENT, 15.7%), and these results were statistically significant (P=0.036) (Table 2).

Treatment

Most physicians reported that antihistamine medication is the initial treatment for AR and showed no difference according to physician specialty (IM, 61.5%; PED, 64.2%; ENT, 65.4%). Intranasal antihistamines were the most common initial treatment recommended by ENT physicians (23.5%), while intranasal steroids were primarily prescribed by PED and IM physicians (19.8% and 27.1%, respectively); the difference was not statistically significant (P=0.979).
The authors also evaluated the patterns of combination therapy and identified a difference according to physician specialty. PED specialists prescribed fewer intranasal steroid and antihistamine combinations than other specialists (IM, 65.3%; PED, 42.5%; ENT, 63.3%). However they also were most likely to prescribe a leukotriene antagonist instead of an intranasal steroid (IM, 4.1%; PED, 23.0%; ENT, 3.9%). These results were statistically significant (P=0.041) (Table 3).
Local hospital physicians were the least likely to recommend surgery for rhinitis than clinicians at other practice types (university hospital: 69.2%, general hospital: 61.1%, local hospital: 39.9%, private clinic: 68.7%, P=0.011). When the different types of physician specialties were assessed, PED practitioners also were not very likely to recommend surgery (IM, 65.6%; PED, 38.4%; ENT, 79.9%; P<0.001).

Allergen immunotherapy

Only respondents who performed AIT were asked to complete the remainder of the questionnaire. Among the 448 surveyed physicians, 235 physicians offered AIT, and IM physicians performed more AIT than PED or ENT physicians (IM, 71.6%; PED, 42.0%; ENT, 39.5%), the difference was statistically significant (P=0.019). The authors also noted a difference according to practice types, university and general hospital physicians performed more AIT than their counterparts at local hospitals and clinics (university hospital, 76.3%; general hospital, 64.3%; local hospital, 21.4%; private clinic, 20.2%), which was statistically significant (P<0.001) (Table 4). The three most frequently mentioned reasons for not performing AIT were “distrust of its therapeutic effect,” “requirement of a long-term treatment duration,” and “lack of facilities or trained health professionals.”
When asked about the method used to administer AIT, the respondents reported different patterns according their specialties and practice types. University and general hospital physicians preferred subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) to sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT), but local hospital and private clinic physicians were more likely to choose SLIT. Furthermore, IM and PED physicians recommended SCIT, but ENT physicians had a preference for SLIT. This difference was not statistically significant (Table 5). Most physicians recommended a 3-year duration of AIT, and there was no difference in the required amount of time for AIT according to physician specialty or practice type.
The respondents who performed AIT were asked which allergens they used for AIT. The most preferred antigen was the house dust mite (HDM) followed by pollen. In addition, IM physicians had a greater preference for pollen than HDM and others, and this distinction was statistically significant (IM, 38.9% vs. 29.1%; PED, 44.1% vs. 26.1%; ENT, 67.9% vs. 20.4%; P=0.001). Our study also found that IM physicians preferred to prescribe poly allergens for AIT; whereas physicians in other specialties did not favor poly allergens (IM, 64.3%; PED, 48.9%; ENT, 41.3%; P=0.003).
Side effects of AIT were more common in SCIT than they were for SLIT, but ENT physicians reported fewer side effects for SCIT and a higher side effect rate for SLIT than physicians in other specialties (IM, 66% vs. 5.4%; PED, 64% vs. 12%; ENT, 25.5% vs. 20.5%; P=0.005).

DISCUSSION

In the present study, we identified a different prescribing pattern between physicians according to their specialty or practice type. All physicians primarily used the ARIA guidelines for their diagnoses, but ENT physicians used different secondary guidelines than the others. Furthermore, the percentage of physicians who used no guidelines gradually increased with a lower hospital grade and amongst ENT physicians. Because the ENT group contained more local clinic physicians than any other specialty, we performed an adjustment for this demographic discrepancy to allow us to recommend a proper guideline for ENT and local clinic physicians. Furthermore, a previous study mentioned that a vast majority of allergic patients in Korea are treated by ENTs and 73% of ENT specialists thought the ARIA guidelines are not suitable for daily care practice, although 60% follow ARIA guidelines [3,9,10]. Therefore, the use of proper guidelines by ENT physicians is very important for public health, and thus the development of a complementary Korean-specific guideline is necessary.
In the present study, ENT physicians used MAST or RAST more than other specialties. Because the accuracy rates of MAST/RAST for detecting sensitization to allergens are worse (MAST: 81.8% sensitivity, 89.5% specificity, and 86.4% efficiency; RAST: 85.8%, 87.5%, and 86.2%, respectively) than those of SPT or ImmunoCAP (93.2% sensitivity, 97.8% specificity, and 93.2% efficiency) [11-13], either SPT or ImmunoCAP is recommended for a definitive diagnosis. If SPT cannot be used due to medication or skin problems, ImmunoCap must be considered first. However, because only 6 allergens are checked by ImmunoCap under the Korean insurance system, MAST/RAST is often used in some situations as a second-best line of testing. For a more accurate diagnosis of AR, further education about the limitations of MAST/RAST will be required.
In our study, PED physicians demonstrated a different pattern of combination therapy. Although a majority of them prescribed antihistamines with intranasal steroids, a larger percentage of them preferred antihistamines along with a leukotriene antagonist. However, this difference in clinical behavior is expected because the 2010 ARIA revision guidelines recommended antihistamines in conjunction with leukotriene antagonists in preschool children with persistent AR [14]. However, the combination effect remains controversial in adults [7]. The 2010 ARIA revision guidelines suggested that antihistamines with a leukotriene antagonist were effective only in adults with seasonal AR [14]. Furthermore, Wheatley and Togias [15] suggested that although some randomized trials have shown a benefit of adding montelukast to an antihistamine, this combination should be reserved for patients whose symptoms are inadequately controlled with an antihistamine alone and who do not wish to use a glucocorticoid nasal spray.
In this survey, half of the physicians did not prescribe AIT for AR. The main reason they were reluctant to do so was because 29.1% of the respondents distrusted the efficacy of AIT for AR management. About 30.2% of the respondents did not prescribe AIT due to a lack of facilities or health professional, and 27.6% stated that they did not recommend AIT due to the long-term treatment duration required. In our study, we did not assess the necessity of AIT for AR treatment. Hur et al. [8] reported that 98.6% of physicians agreed on the necessity of AIT for treating allergic disease in Korea. In addition, a Chinese survey conducted among ENT specialists reported that 96.0% of the respondents considered AR to be the most suitable indication for AIT [16]. Despite these results, many physicians still do not prescribe AIT, even in patients where it is clinically indicated. However, the efficacy and safety of AIT and its prevention of asthma progression have been established by many studies [17-22]. In addition, one randomized clinical trials have shown that in AIT group a 58% reduction in symptom scores and a 20% reduction in the use of rescue medication after 1 year of treatment [23]. Furthermore, the effect of AIT maintained up to 7 years after treatment, when it was performed for 3 years [24]. Thus, PED and ENT specialists should be more concerned about AIT, and proper clinical instruction for local hospital and private clinic physicians will be necessary to encourage AIT.
In the present study, the most preferred antigen was HDM, followed by pollen. In Korea, HDM is also the most common allergen, followed by pollen, so the clinicians’ prescribing patterns reflected their natural environment [25]. Although IM physicians preferred to use poly allergens for AIT and other specialists did not, more supporting data will be required to recommend its proper management since the use of single or multi-allergen AIT is still debatable in poly sensitized patients [10,26]. Amar et al. [27] reported that AIT with multiple allergens was not superior to monotherapy alone, but Nelson [28] concluded that the simultaneous administration of more than one allergen extract is clinically effective.
Our study is the first study to compare the diagnostic and therapeutic behavior of AR according to physicians’ specialties and practice types in Korea. Although a similar survey for prescription patterns of AIT was previously conducted, it was confined to AIT alone [8]. However, the present study had some limitations. First, this survey was performed using both on-line and off-line methods; thus, we could not calculate the response rate. Second, the different practice types were not equally distributed across the physicians’ specialties. For example, ENT physicians largely worked at private clinics, and IM physicians were predominantly employed at university hospitals. However, the authors consulted a biostatistics specialist to adjust this unequal distribution using a multinomial regression analysis and then considered this limitation to be resolved.
In conclusion, the prescription patterns for the diagnosis and treatment of AR were different according to distinct physician characteristics observed in Korea. Thus, the development of complementary Korean-specific guidelines is suggested along with proper clinical instruction about AIT.

HIGHLIGHTS

▪ ENT physicians reported multiple allergen simultaneous test/radio allergy sorbent test more than others for diagnosis of allergic rhinitis.
▪ Pediatrics (PED) physicians preferred leukotriene antagonists than intranasal steroid to combination with an antihistamine.
▪ ENT and PED physicians prescribed less allergen immunotherapy (AIT) than internal medicine physicians.
▪ University and general hospital physicians prescribed more AIT than physicians at local hospital and private clinic.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was supported by the Work Group for Allergic Rhinitis of the Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology (KAAACI).

Supplementary Material

Supplementary Table 1.
Questionnaire regarding the prescription patterns for allergic rhinitis. This table can be found via https://doi.org/10.21053/ceo.2017.00143.
ceo-2017-00143-s001.pdf

Fig. 1.
Prescription patterns for the definitive diagnosis of allergic rhinitis according to physician specialty. The number in the bar graph indicates the number of patients in each category. IM, internal medicine; PED, pediatrics; ENT, otorhinolaryngology; SPT, skin prick test; MAST, multiple allergen simultaneous test; RAST, radio allergy sorbent test. Statistical analysis is chi-square test with multinomial regression.
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Table 1.
Demographic data of the responding physicians
Variable IM PED ENT Total
University hospital 72 46 31 149
General hospital 11 12 13 36
Local hospital 4 18 6 28
Private clinic 11 37 187 235
Total 98 113 237 448

IM, internal medicine; PED, pediatrics; ENT, otorhinolaryngology.

Table 2.
Distribution of guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of allergic rhinitis according to physician characteristics
Variable Physicians’ specialty
Practice type
IM (n=88) PED (n=108) ENT (n=229) P-value University hospital (n=140) General hospital (n=33) Local hospital (n=28) Private clinic (n=227) P-value
ARIA 54.7 62.0 53.3 0.036 64.3 57.6 28.6 52.0 0.001
AAO-HNSF 0 0.9 1.8 0.7 0 3.6 1.3
KAAACI 38.4 26.9 3.5 27.1 15.2 42.9 7.9
KRS 0 1.9 25.8 2.1 18.2 10.7 21.6
Others 0 0 0 1.4 0 0 0
Nothing 7.0 8.3 15.7 4.3 9.1 14.3 17.2

Values are presented as percentage. Statistical analysis is chi-square test with multinomial regression.

IM, internal medicine; PED, pediatrics; ENT, otorhinolaryngology; ARIA, Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma; AAO-HNSF, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation; KAAACI, Korean Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology; KRS, Korean Rhinologic Society.

Table 3.
Distribution of combination treatment patterns for allergic rhinitis according to the physicians’ specialties
Variable IM (n=98) PED (n=113) ENT (n=237) P-value
Intranasal steroid+antihistamine 65.3 42.5 63.3 0.041
Intranasal steroid+intranasal antihistamine 0 2.7 2.6
Intranasal steroid+leukotriene antagonist 0.5 6.2 0.4
Antihistamine+leukotriene antagonist 4.1 23.0 3.9
Antihistamine+decongestant 6.1 0.9 7.3
Intranasal steroid+antihistamine+leukotriene antagonist 17.4 21.2 7.7
Intranasal steroid+antihistamine+decongestant 2.0 3.5 14.5
Others 0 0 0.4

Statistical analysis: chi-square test with multinomial regression.

IM, internal medicine; PED, pediatrics; ENT, otorhinolaryngology.

Table 4.
The prescription rate of allergen immunotherapy according to physician characteristics
Variable Physicians’ specialty
Practice type
IM PED ENT P-value University hospital (n=148) General hospital (n=35) Local hospital (n=28) Private clinic (n=232) P-value
None 28.4 58.0 60.5 0.019 23.7 45.7 78.6 69.8 <0.001
≤10% 31.6 25.0 32.6 38.5 34.3 14.3 26.7
11%–20% 23.2 8.9 4.3 20.3 11.4 3.6 3.0
21%–30% 9.5 6.3 1.3 10.8 5.7 3.6 0
31%–40% 4.2 1.8 0.4 4.7 0 0 0
>40% 3.2 0 0.9 2.0 2.9 0 0.4

Values are presented as percentage. Statistical analysis is chi-square test with multinomial regression.

IM, internal medicine; PED, pediatrics; ENT, otorhinolaryngology.

Table 5.
Prescription patterns by allergen immunotherapy method
Variable Physicians’ specialty
Practice type
IM PED ENT P-value University hospital (n=107) General hospital (n=18) Local hospital (n=8) Private clinic (n=69) P-value
SCIT 53.1 37.2 31.9 0.142 36.5 61.1 37.5 37.7 0.23
SLIT 7.8 14.0 48.9 21.5 11.1 62.5 39.1
Both 35.9 48.8 13.8 40.2 27.8 0 15.9
Others 3.1 0 5.3 1.9 0 0 7.3

Values are presented as percentage. Statistical analysis is chi-square test with multinomial regression.

SCIT, subcutaneous immunotherapy; SLIT, sublingual immunotherapy.

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