Quality-of-life outcomes after endoscopic sinus surgery: how long is long enough?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the time interval during which quality-of-life (QOL) outcomes stabilize after endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS).

Study design

Multi-institutional, longitudinal cohort.

Setting

Tertiary rhinology centers.

Subjects and methods

Adults with chronic rhinosinusitis from three medical centers were asked to provide responses to the Rhinosinusitis Disability Index (RSDI) and the Chronic Sinusitis Survey (CSS) at baseline and six months, 12 months, and 20 months after endoscopic sinus surgery. Repeated measures and post-hoc analyses were used to compare QOL scores among follow-up time points. Subgroup analyses were performed in a similar fashion for patients with and without nasal polyposis, asthma, allergies, acetylsalicylic acid intolerance, depress

SUBMITTER: Soler ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2965172 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature