![]() ![]() Furthermore, it was possible to identify characteristics in which guideline-compliant patients differed significantly from the rest of the study population. Predictors that decrease the likelihood that AIT is performed were: only allergic asthma, current smoker, former smoker, age and non-German citizenship. Significant positive predictors for an AIT to be actually performed were: Allergy to tree pollen and male sex. The probability was significantly decreased by the characteristics allergic rhinitis only, allergic asthma only, age in years, non-German citizenship, no graduation and lower secondary qualification. Allergy to tree pollen and native speaking were identified as predictors, which increase the probability of being offered AIT. ![]() ResultsĢ505 subjects were included in the VerSITA study. Patient characteristics, predictors of being offered AIT, predictors of performing AIT and guideline-compliant care were analysed. In case of written consent, primary and secondary data of patients were collected and analysed. Insured patients with documented allergic respiratory disease of one of the largest statutory health insurances in Germany, ‘DAK-Gesundheit’, were contacted by postal mail and asked to participate in the study. Although the prevailing high prevalence of allergic diseases and restrictions in the daily lives of patients, AIT is offered to a suboptimal number of patients in Germany. Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) represents the only possibility of causal therapy for allergic respiratory diseases.
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