Quality of life of patients with diseases of sinuses

Contemporary studies provide proof of coincidence between diseases of upper and lower airways ("united airways disease"; "one-airway disease"). 184 patients from Szczecin with acute (AS) and chronic sinusitis (CS), aged between 18-78 years (mean age 45.7+/-14.7) were examined. Th...

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Published in:Journal of physiology and pharmacology : an official journal of the Polish Physiological Society 2007-11, Vol.58 Suppl 5 (Pt 2), p.691-697
Main Authors: Teul, I, Zbisławski, W, Baran, S, Czerwiński, F, Lorkowski, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Emotions - physiology
Female
Health Status
Humans
Male
Mental Health
Middle Aged
Motor Activity - physiology
Pain - epidemiology
Pain - etiology
Paranasal Sinus Diseases - epidemiology
Paranasal Sinus Diseases - psychology
Quality of Life - psychology
Social Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Contemporary studies provide proof of coincidence between diseases of upper and lower airways ("united airways disease"; "one-airway disease"). 184 patients from Szczecin with acute (AS) and chronic sinusitis (CS), aged between 18-78 years (mean age 45.7+/-14.7) were examined. The questionnaire used (SF-36; short form, 36 questions) allowed for a comparison of the quality of life of patients with sinuses' disease with healthy subjects. Patients from the groups studied indicated more restrictions of their daily life than did the subjects from a control group (CG). Among the CS patients the mean quality of life index was 75.5, among the AS patients--60.8 and among healthy subjects--51.8. The differences between the groups were significant at P
ISSN:0867-5910