Table 2.
Inconsistency of prescription with the prescribing information
| Children (N = 203) |
Adults (N = 280) |
Total (N = 483) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| At least one inconsistency | 27 (13.3%) | 49 (17.5%) | 76 (15.7%) |
| Children aged < 5 years | None | NA | None |
| 5GPE-SLIT started < 3 mo before pollen season | 23 (11.3%) | 48 (17.1%) | 71 (14.7%) |
| Symptoms not clinically relevanta | 4 (14.8%) | 1 (2.0%) | 5 (6.6%) |
| No confirmatory diagnostic test of pollen allergy | None | None | None |
NA not applicable
aIntermittent symptoms AND mild severity