TABLE 2.
Calculation of the Combined Symptom and Medication Score (adapted from Pfaar et al. 13 )
| a) Symptom score | ||
| 0 = no symptoms | ||
| 1 = mild symptoms (clearly present, but minimal awareness; easily tolerated) | ||
| 2 = moderate symptoms (definite awareness; bothersome, but tolerable) | ||
| 3 = severe symptoms (hardly tolerable; interfere with activities of daily living and/or sleeping) | ||
| Nasal symptoms | Nasal pruritus | 0–3 |
| Sneezing | 0–3 | |
| Rhinorrhoea | 0–3 | |
| Nasal obstruction | 0–3 | |
| Conjunctival symptoms | Itchy/red eyes | 0–3 |
| Watery eyes | 0–3 | |
| (Total) daily symptom score (dSS) = up to 18 points divided by 6 | 0–3 | |
| b) Medication score | ||
| No use of rescue medication | 0 | |
| Oral and/or topical (eyes/nose) nonsedating H1‐antihistamines (H1A) | 1 | |
| Intranasal corticosteroids (INS) with/without H1A | 2 | |
| Oral corticosteroids with/without INS, with/without H1A | 3 | |
| (Total) daily medication score (dMS) | 0–3 | |
| c) Combined symptom and medication score CSMS = dSS + dMS | 0–6 | |