Description
The objective of this study was to find out the patients
view about the benefits of allergy skin prick test.Ninety
nine patients,who had positive skin tests for allergy,were
selected for the study.Of the 99 patients,59 patients replied
back to the questionnaire sent to them.Of the 59 patients
who replied,35 (59.32%)received benefit from skin prick
testing.The most common allergen in our study was house
dust mite (75.7%)followed by grass pollen (52.5%),dog
(23.2%)and cat (27.3%).It can be thus concluded that
skin prick test is a simple and reliable test for allergic rhinitis.
59.3 %of patients (95%CI:46.78-71.82%)who tested
positive found it to be useful.
