Correlation between subjective evaluation and objective examination in patient with fungal rhino-sinusitis / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#The study was to evaluate the quality of life in patients with fungal rhino-sinusitis(FRS) and to investigate the relationship between different subjective tests.objective measures and that between subjective tests and objective measures.@*METHOD@#Quantitative data of 18 preoperative recruits with FRS were collected by using sino-nasal outcome test-20 (SNOT-20) and then the SNOT-20 items were categorized into five domains, a visual analogue scale (VAS). Lund-Kennedy endoscopy staging system and the Lund-Mackay CT staging system. Correlation among these data was analyzed.@*RESULT@#The six highest score items in SNOT-20 were Facial pain/pressure, Thick nasal discharge, Need to blow nose, Sneezing, Fatigue, and Frustrated/restless/irritable. The total SNOT-20 score was not correlated with the other objective or subjective tests(P > 0.05). However, there was significant correlation between SNOT-20 nasal symptom domain and Lund-Mackay T score( r = 0.605, P 0.05).@*CONCLUSION@#The objective measures were correlated well with each other and CT staging had significant correlation with the SNOT-20 nasal symptom domain and VAS. There was also significant correlation between SNOT-20 sleep related symptom domain and VAS.