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Observational Study
Is sino-nasal outcome test-22 reliable for guiding chronic rhinosinusitis patients for endoscopic sinus surgery?
- G Singla, M Singh, A Singh, I Kaur, K Harsh, and K Jasmeen.
- Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India.
- Niger J Clin Pract. 2018 Sep 1; 21 (9): 1228-1233.
AbstractChronic rhino-sinusitis (CRS) is a significant health problem whose incidence and prevalence is rising. An emphasis has been placed on diseasespecific quality of life (QoL as the predominant measure for most current outcome studies. Therefore a validated measure of health-related QoL in sinonasal disease is needed. The present prospective and observational study was conducted on 50 patients in the Department of ENT at Govt. Medical College and Rajindra Hospital Patiala, Punjab, India. The primary outcomes were the following: (1) the chance of attaining minimal clinically important difference (MCID) improvements of nine points at the 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) for different preoperative QoL levels, and (2) the percentage of relative improvement in SNOT-22 after ESS for different preoperative QoL levels.
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