Study on the Prevalence of Allergies and Patient’s Participation in Allergy Control

The aim of the thesis: to determine possible causes and prevalence of allergies and medication use peculiarities. The goals of the thesis: 1) To determine the prevalence of allergies, possible causes and common treatments. 2) To evaluate patient’s knowledge of allergies and to determine the involvement of a patient in allergy control. 3) To determine potential pharmacotherapy problems in allergy treatment. The methods of work: a survey of 240 patients who agreed to answer the survey questions was carried out. The data analysis was performed using SPSS 20.0 software package by means of application nonparametric statistical analysis methods and the results of features for verification of the association of statistic connection using χ2 criterion. The results: 55 patients (22.9%) suffered from allergies. Most sick persons belong to the age group of 18-45 years (61.8%). Family members with allergies among persons who suffer from allergies are up to 61.8%, and 38.2% among healthy persons. The most common are two allergy-causing allergens comprising 25.5% and three allergens comprising 17.6% One third of respondents have symptoms in skin area (30.9%), 41.2% of patients aged 18-45 years and 33.3% of patients aged 46-75 years experience seasonal allergies. Patients’ interest in allergies: 60% of patients have doctor consultation, 49.1% of patients consult pharmacists, older patients more often (66.7%). Doctors usually prescribe medication for treatment of allergies in 60% of cases, 45,5% of respondents do not follow the prescriptions. Conclusions: persons in a test group were allergic to more than one allergen, mostly pollen. The reason for the emergence of allergies may be environmental factors and allergic family members. H1- receptor antagonists are usually first-line treatment for allergies, however almost one fifth of patients do not follow the prescriptions and a part of respondents do not take any medications to reduce allergy symptoms