title: [Evaluation to the quality of life of patients with chronic sinusitis and polyps and analysis of influential factors].
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
  The questionnaires modified according to the SNOT-20 scale were given to 100 patients who underwent sinus surgery at the department of otorhinolaryngology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After a postoperative follow-up of 3 months, an amelioration of the quality of life was achieved in 88.24%; the leading influences to life before operation respectively are nasal obstruction (52.94%) in the first dimension, decrescence of remembrance (18.82%) in the second dimension, worrying themselves all day (8.24%) in the third dimension, and interference to social intercourse (14.12%) in the forth dimension; the leading ameliorations after operation respectively are nasal obstruction (58.82%) in the first dimension, decrescence of remembrance (10.59%) in the second dimension, tantrums (9.41%) in the third dimension,and interference to social intercourse (10.59%) in the forth dimension; the preoperative influential factors are age, sex and complication. The postoperative factors are age, sex, complication, history of previous operation, postoperative treatment and follow-up. Types have no effect on the quality of patient's life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As the most effective therapy at present, FESS can improve the quality of life of patients with chronic sinusitis obviously. The major correlative factors are age, sex, complication, history of previous operation, postoperative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang,110001, China. hljsuperman@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000601:surgery*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires