Translating the Burden of Pollen Allergy Into Numbers Using Electronically Generated Symptom Data From the Patient's Hayfever Diary in Austria and Germany: 10-Year Observational Study.

Katharina Bastl Maximilian Kmenta Karl-Christian Bergmann Markus Berger Uwe Berger

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2020)

The exact method of calculation of the symptom score is not critical. All computation methods show the same behavior (increase/decrease during the season). Therefore, the symptom load index is a useful computation method in all fields exploring pollen allergy, and Web-based diaries are a globally applicable tool to monitor the effect of pollen on human health via electronically generated symptom data.

Keyphrases

human health
risk assessment
patient reported
electronic health record
big data
climate change
atopic dermatitis
risk factors
density functional theory