ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate how functional endoscopic sinus surgery(FESS)modifies patients symptom profiles and the quality of life and analyze the influential factors.Methods During 2010 to 2012,90 cases were investigated to evaluate the quality of life of different age groups to use SNOT-20.Results The quality of life after the surgery of different age groups were significantly higher than it before the surgery(P<0.05).The juvenile group:first dimension(nasal congestion,70%),the second dimension (memory,30%),the third dimension(worried about the condition,30%)and the fourth dimension(social influence,40%).The young aged group:first dimension(nasal congestion,73.3%),the fourth dimension(social influence,43.3%),second dimension (quality of sleep,20.0%)and the third dimension(irritability,16.7%).The middle and old aged group:first dimension(nasal con-gestion,66.7%),the third dimension(trepidation,20%),the second dimension(quality of sleep,20.0%)and the fourth dimension (financial burden,40.0%).Preoperative QOL related factors:complications,age,gender,disease duration and urban-rural;Postop-erative QOL related factors:complications,disease duration,age,perioperative management,gender and urban-rural.Conclusion The quality of life of different ages after FESS is improved in different aspects.To increase the level of perioperative compliance can improve the quality of life.