Table 2.
Answers
| Questions | Possible answers | Answers |
| 1 Do you think of suffering from allergic rhinitis? | Yes | 22% |
| No | 61% | |
| I do not know | 17% | |
| 2 At what age did your illness begin? | <10 years | 12% |
| 10-20 years | 41% | |
| 21-30 years | 33% | |
| 31-40 years | 8% | |
| 41-50 years | 5% | |
| >50 years | 1% | |
| 3 Are there other members of your family with allergic rhinitis? | Yes, my father | 19% |
| Yes, my mother | 21% | |
| Yes, my brother/sister | 22% | |
| Nobody | 38% | |
| 4 Have you another allergic disease? | Urticaria | 6% |
| Conjunctivitis | 11% | |
| No | 39% | |
| I do not know | 44% | |
| 5 Who did the diagnosis perform? | General practitioner | 17% |
| Otorhinolaryngologist | 22% | |
| Allergist | 16% | |
| Homoeopathy doctor | 2% | |
| Pharmacist | 15% | |
| Yourself | 28% | |
| 6 Have you ever performed tests to confirm the diagnosis? | Yes | 12% |
| No | 88% | |
| 7 If yes, what? | Skin prick test | 82% |
| Serum specific IgE | 41% | |
| Serum total IgE | 42% | |
| Other | 0 | |
| 8 In which season are the symptoms more severe? | Spring | 64% |
| Summer | 7% | |
| Autumn | 7% | |
| Winter | 0 | |
| Always | 22% | |
| 9 What are your symptoms? | Nasal obstruction | 80% |
| Rhinorrhea | 90% | |
| Sneezing | 70% | |
| Nasal itching | 70% | |
| Headache | 20% | |
| Dysosmia | 15% | |
| Lacrimation | 15% | |
| Padded ear | 25% | |
| Sinusitis | 25% | |
| 10 Do you do any therapy for your problem? | Yes, conventional medicine | 51% |
| Yes, homoeopathy | 3% | |
| Yes, both | 1% | |
| No treatment | 45% | |
| 11 When do you use medicine? | During the acute phase | 42% |
| Before the acute phase | 9% | |
| Before and during the acute phase | 11% | |
| During the whole year | 14% | |
| On-demand | 24% | |
| 12 Who did the conventional therapy prescribe? | General practitioner | 20% |
| Otorhinolaryngologist | 16% | |
| Allergist | 16% | |
| Homoeopathy doctor | 3% | |
| Pharmacist | 17% | |
| Friends | 28% | |
| 13 If you take homoeopathy, who did homoeopathy suggest? | General practitioner | 0 |
| Otorhinolaryngologist | 0 | |
| Allergist | 0 | |
| Homoeopathy doctor | 21% | |
| Pharmacist | 0 | |
| Other (friends) | 79% | |
| 14 What kind of treatment do you use? | Environmental prevention (allergen avoidance) | 0 |
| Systemic Antihistamines | 20% | |
| Intranasal Antihistamines | 5% | |
| Chromones | 0 | |
| Systemic corticosteroids | 15% | |
| Intranasal corticosteroids | 50% | |
| Nasal decongestants | 20% | |
| Allergen immunotherapy | 7% | |
| Nasal irrigation | 30% | |
| More medications | 14% | |
| 15 Do you remember the name of the homoeopathy product? | No |