Influence of self-reported chronic rhinosinusitis on health-related quality of life: a population-based survey.

ABSTRACT: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a frequently occurring chronic respiratory disease. There is evidence that effective treatment of CRS can improve patients' quality of life, but the data regarding the extent to which CRS impairs patients' quality of life (QoL) is sparse. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of self-reported CRS on health-related QoL and to determine whether the influence was associated with gender, age and socio-economic status. A four-stage random sampling method was used to select the participants from the general population in Guangzhou, China. All participants were interviewed face-to-face at their homes using a standardized questionnaire. The health-related QoL of each participant was assessed using the SF-36 Health Survey. The scores of the SF-36 after adjusting fo

SUBMITTER: Fu QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4433264 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature