Table 10.

Reasons for non-compliance in AIT (modified from [173])

Patient information

– Patient inadequately informed/motivated

– no understanding of primary and secondary preventative effects of AIT (allergic march, new sensitization)

Therapeutic procedure

– Adverse events

– no reduction in symptoms or self-medication use

– incorrect patient selection

Clinic/Practice Management

– heavy time demands on patients (particularly for SCIT)

– treatment insufficiently integrated into daily life

– no recall system or patient counselling, possibly due to lack of financial resources