[Quality of life for adolescents and children with chronic sinusitis and its influencing factors].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the status of the quality of life for adolescents and children with chronic sinusitis and its influencing factors.


METHODS
Eighty-six patients were measured with the General Information Questionnaire and Chronic Sinusitis Quality of Life Scale. Six months after operation, the Chronic Sinusitis Quality of Life Scale was retested. T-test and stepwise regression were used to study the improvement and influencing factors of quality of life.


RESULTS
The preoperative and postoperative quality of life scores showed a significant difference ( all P < 0. 01 ). The main factors influencing the quality of life included symptom scores (P = 0. 003) , family economic status(P = 0. 003) , parents' attitude(P = 0. 009) , extents of pathological changes(P = 0. 019) , regional disparity ( P = 0. 010) and parents' educational level (P = 0. 048).


CONCLUSIONS
The children's subjective symptoms should be viewed as an important aspect for surgery selection. The quality of life in adolescent and children was influenced significantly by family economic status, their parents' attitude and the difference of education.
Zhou
Bing
B
Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
Ma
Jing-ying
JY
Huang
Qian
Q
Zhang
Luo
L
Cui
Shun-jiu
SJ
Liu
Hua-chao
HC
Liu
Ming
M
Han
De-min
DM
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012852:Sinusitis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires