Abstract: . . .  (http://www.theucbinstituteofallergy.com) and central membership library provide members with current relevant information and publications about allergy. For the general public, schools and children, IOA has produced videos (e.g. “Who’s sleeping in your pillow?”, “Allergic: to be or not to be?... Rhinitis ”), educational games and other information material. IOA also organises and holds meetings, symposia, conferences, panel discussions. As a result of these activities, The UCB Institute of Allergy hopes to forestall the sobering prediction of certain epidemiologists: In 30 years’ . . .
. . .  questionnaire data. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1996; 98: 843-845. 19 Juniper EF, Guyatt GH, Feeny DH, Griffith LE, Ferrie PJ. Minimum skills required by children to complete health-related quality of life instruments: comparison of instruments for measuring asthma-specific quality of life. Eur Respir J 1997; 10: 2285-2294. 23 The U CB Institute of A ller gy - 02/06 Page 23 The UCB Institute of Allergy Allée de la recherche, 60 B-1070 Brussels (Belgium) . . .
. . .  data. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1996; 98: 843-845. 19 Juniper EF, Guyatt GH, Feeny DH, Griffith LE, Ferrie PJ. Minimum skills required by children to complete health-related quality of life instruments: comparison of instruments for measuring asthma-specific quality of life. Eur Respir J 1997; 10: 2285-2294. 23 The U CB Institute of A ller gy - 02/06 Page 23 The UCB Institute of Allergy Allée de la recherche, 60 B-1070 Brussels (Belgium) www.theucbinstituteofallergy.com . . .
. . .  perennial rhinitis : validation of rhinitis quality of life questionnaire. Annals Allergy 1993; 70: 225-230. 8 Juniper EF, Guyatt GH, Dolovich J. Assessment of quality of life in adolescents with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis: development and testing of a questionnaire for clinical trials. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1994; 93: 413-423. 9 Juniper EF, Howland WC, Roberts NB, Thompson AK, King DR. Measuring quality of life in children with rhinoconjunctivitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1998; 101: 163-170. 10 Mazur DJ. Shared decision making in the . . .
. . .  and groups of patients of different levels of impairment. The measurement properties that provide this information are the reliability (test-retest) and cross-sectional validity. Instruments which are to be used in longitudinal studies (clinical trials and clinical practice) need good evaluative properties because they are required to evaluate change in impairment over time. These instruments must have good responsiveness and longitudinal construct validity. Full descriptions of these measurement properties can be found elsewhere . . .
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