Table 4 The score of quality of life of ginger extract and loratadine

Total RQLQ score

Week 0

2.98 (0.99)

3.12 (1.12)

0.547

Week 3

1.88 (0.96) †††

1.92 (1.17) †††

0.881

Week 6

1.34 (0.95) †††

1.44 (1.06) †††

0.660

Activity limitation

Week 0

3.95 (1.08)

4.32 (0.99)

0.119

Week 3

2.64 (1.31) †††

2.98 (1.41) †††

0.279

Week 6

1.75 (1.27) †††

2.15 (1.36) †††

0.211

Sleep problems

Week 0

3.00 (1.46)

2.93 (1.58)

0.827

Week 3

1.87 (1.32) †††

1.50 (1.22) †††

0.209

Week 6

1.13 (1.23) †††

1.18 (1.24) †††

0.861

Non-nose/eye symptoms

Week 0

2.82 (1.28)

2.96 (1.44)

0.653

Week 3

1.65 (1.01) †††

1.92 (1.40) ††

0.339

Week 6

1.30 (1.13) †††

1.37 (1.19) †††

0.819

Practical problems

Week 0

3.07 (1.52)

3.50 (1.55)

0.210

Week 3

2.04 (1.34) ††

2.17 (1.50) †††

0.713

Week 6

1.57 (1.35) †††

1.59 (1.22) †††

0.946

Nose symptoms

Week 0

3.48 (1.20)

3.92 (1.38)

0.129

Week 3

2.28 (1.30) †††

2.33 (1.33) ††

0.864

Week 6

1.67 (1.36) †††

1.96 (1.31) †††

0.379

Eye symptoms

Week 0

2.39 (1.44)

2.28 (1.81)

0.772

Week 3

1.47 (1.44) †††

1.28 (1.50) †††

0.578

Week 6

1.05 (1.16) †††

1.00 (1.28) †††

0.864

Emotion

Week 0

2.32 (1.53)

2.10 (1.54)

0.537

Week 3

1.46 (1.22) †††

1.31(1.33) †††

0.627

Week 6

0.94 (0.95) †††

0.96 (1.06) †††

0.948