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ArticleIrish journal of medical science2018

A contemporary analysis of clinical and demographic factors of chronic rhinosinusitis patients and their association with disease severity.

L P Hoehle, K M Phillips, D S Caradonna, S T Gray, A R Sedaghat

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Article in Irish journal of medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of Life-Context Factors on Chronic Rhinosinusitis 22-Item Sinonasal Outcomes Test: Systematic Review + Meta-Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  7. Chronic rhinosinusitis disease burden is associated with asthma-related emergency department usage.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2021
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  8. Longitudinal improvement in nasal obstruction symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis directly associates with improvement in mood.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2019
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  9. Seasonal variations in chronic rhinosinusitis symptom burden may be explained by changes in mood.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2019
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

L P HoehleDepartment of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
K M PhillipsDepartment of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
D S CaradonnaDepartment of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
S T GrayDepartment of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
A R SedaghatDepartment of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. ahmad_sedaghat@meei.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is highly prevalent, significantly decreases quality of life and leads to tremendous health care costs every year. No recent study has characterised the prevalence of potentially CRS-modifying patient characteristics and simultaneously shown their impact on CRS severity.

aimsWe sought to determine the prevalence of potential clinical and demographic CRS-modifying characteristics and their associations with CRS symptom severity in a large contemporary cohort of CRS patients.

methodsRetrospective review of CRS patients who visited our rhinology clinics between February 2016 and February 2017 was conducted. CRS symptom severity was measured using the 22-item Sinonasal Outcomes Test (SNOT-22) questionnaire, which all patients received. Association was sought between SNOT-22 score (as dependent variable) and patients' clinical and demographic characteristics using linear regression.

resultsOf the 572 included patients, the mean age was 51.1 years (SD = 15.8) and the mean SNOT-22 score was 34.3 (SD = 22.6). Prevalence of granulomatous diseases, immunodeficiency and cystic fibrosis were each approximately 5%. Prevalence of aeroallergen hypersensitivity was 42.3% and prevalence of asthma was 27.8%. More severe CRS symptomatology was associated with smoking tobacco (adjusted β = 5.47, p = 0.034) and comorbid asthma (adjusted β = 12.02, p < 0.001), whilst less severe symptomatology was associated with older age (adjusted β = -0.23, p = 0.002) and diagnosis of cystic fibrosis (adjusted β = -11.87, p = 0.009).

conclusionsIn a contemporary cohort of CRS patients, prevalence of disease-modifying comorbidities ranged from approximately 5 to over 40%. Smoking tobacco and asthma were associated with more severe CRS symptomatology, whilst older age and diagnosis of cystic fibrosis were associated with less severe CRS symptomatology.

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Chronic DiseaseComorbidityDemographyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesRhinitisSinusitisSurveys and QuestionnairesChronic rhinosinusitisClinical characteristicsDemographicsSeveritySNOT-22

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