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A multi-centre study on quality of life and absenteeism in patients with CRS referred for endoscopic surgery

Författare

Summary, in English

Aims: This study summarises the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) scores and absenteeism caused by sinus problems in patients awaiting surgery with the diagnoses recurrent acute rhinosinusitis (RARS), chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRS+NP) or

CRS without nasal polyps (CRS-NP), in a prospective multi-centre study.

Methodology: Two hundred and seven patients with RARS, CRS+NP or CRS-NP were enrolled. EP3OS definitions of CRS and NP were used. The patients completed the 22 Sinonasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22), the short-form 36-item questionnaire (SF-36), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) and a total Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

regarding rhinosinusitis symptoms.

Results: SNOT-22 and VAS scores indicated severe disease. Comparison of the HRQOL scores in the three rhinosinusitis subgroups showed statistical differences in nine of the SNOT-22 items and in the SF-36 subscale of bodily pain. Mean scores of SF-36 were significantly

lower than that of the normal Swedish population. According to the HAD scores, 28% of the patients had probable or possible anxiety or depression disorder. Fifty-seven percent of the patients reported absenteeism from work due to sinus problems.

Conclusions: RARS, CRS+NP and CRS-NP significantly decrease HRQOL. Some statistically significant differences in HRQOL were found between the three rhinosinusitis subgroups. Absenteeism due to chronic sinus conditions is considerable.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

420-428

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Rhinology

Volym

49

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

International Rhinologic Society

Ämne

  • Otorhinolaryngology

Nyckelord

  • Key words: chronic rhinosinusitis
  • nasal polyps
  • recurrent acute rhinosinusitis
  • health-related quality of life
  • absenteeism

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Laryngoesophagology, Allergy and Life Quality
  • Chronic Inflammatory and Degenerative Diseases Research Unit
  • Internal Medicine - Epidemiology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0300-0729