Nasal and sinus symptoms and chronic rhinosinusitis in a population-based sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to describe the first US-based study to use the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis (EPOS) criteria to study the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) in a general-population sample.

Methods

A CRS symptom questionnaire was mailed to 23 700 primary care patients from Geisinger Clinic, a health system serving 45 counties in Pennsylvania. CRS cases were categorized into four unique subgroups based on EPOS symptoms: obstruction and discharge with no smell loss or pain/pressure; smell loss without pain/pressure; facial pain and/or pressure without smell loss; and both smell loss and pain/pressure. All cases were required to have nasal obstruction or discharge. Logistic regression was used to evaluate potential factors associat

SUBMITTER: Hirsch AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5497579 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature