OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common adult and pediatric sleep disorder, which, if left untreated, is associated with severe medical consequences. Otolaryngologists are often challenged by the impact of OSAS on sinonasal symptoms, as well as by the contribution of primary nasal disorders to exacerbation of OSAS. The objectives of this study are to explore th...

Background Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of common health conditions that affects patients' health-related quality of life. Our purpose is to assess the reliability and validity of Thai-version of Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22 in chronic rhinosinusitis. Methods Permission for translation of SNOT-22 from English language to Thai language was obtained from the developer. The translation proc...

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 C...

Abstract Introduction: The present study was conducted to investigate the association between the serum vitamin D levels and severity of disease in chronic rhino sinusitis (CRS) patients. Materials and Methods: This prospective cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 93 patients suffering from chronic rhino sinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRS w NP). Serum level...

UNLABELLED Quality of life questionnaires have been increasingly used in clinical trials to help establish the impact of medical intervention or to assess the outcome of health care services. Among disease-specific outcome measures, SNOT-22 was considered the most suitable tool for assessing chronic rhinosinusitis and patients with nasal polyps. AIMS To perform translation, cross-cultural ada...

conclusions the persian version of snot 22 questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for accessing sinonasal diseases in persian-speaking people. results thirty adults with nasal septal deviation need surgical correction and 30 healthy volunteers were included (mean age 30.4 ± 7.1 vs. 33 ± 6.7, p value = 0.148). the questionnaire was introduced to subjects two times with a two-week-perio...

Abstract Introduction Previous studies have reported little correlation between sino-nasal outcome test (SNOT-22) in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and objective radiological scoring. We investigated whether anxiety depression, which are highly prevalent patients with CRS may cause symptom amplification account for the lack of previous studies. Method 100 were evaluated using General Anxiety Diso...