Computer analysis of allergic histories taken by questionnaire

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
The development is reported of a detailed allergy questionnaire designed so that the answers can be typed into a mini-computer. Computer programs were written to file and to retrieve these answers and to print a summary which is then weighed to produce a clinical atopy score which is then further broken down into indoor and outdoor scores. In a pilot survey of 90 patients, their clinical atopy scores and immunoglobulin (Ig)E profiles were compared. Additional computer programs were written which will be useful if a more detailed IgE investigation is warranted, and which will suggest which allergens, if any, are likely to be responsible for the patients'' symptoms.