Comparing allergic rhinitis treatments based on patient satisfaction: A MASK-air® study

Patients’ satisfaction with their treatment (medication satisfaction) is a patient-reported outcome measure.1 Patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) use medications according to their symptoms and use comedication when feeling uncontrolled.1 This may relate to medication satisfaction, because dissatisfied patients may increase their medication. Previous studies have compared satisfaction with AR medications2,3; however, none evaluated daily satisfaction or different individual medications. This can be achieved using mHealth tools retrieving direct patient data on a daily basis. For example, MASK-air includes a daily visual analogue scale (VAS) assessing AR medication satisfaction4 and enabling a real-life assessment of patients’ perceptions of their treatments.