title: [Investigation of chronic rhinosinusitis on junior middle school students in Zhengzhou area in 2009].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the incidence of chronic rhinosinusitis and its influence on life quality for junior middle school students in Zhengzhou Municipal.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two thousand and twenty junior middle school students in Zhengzhou Municipal were randomly selected as the object of investigation by designed survey and visual analogue scale (VAS) questionnaire of chronic rhinosinusitis the sino-nasal outcome test-20 (SNOT-20) and nasal examination. Effect on the quality of life was investigated based on the degree of troubles caused by symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of chronic rhinosinusitis in junior middle school students in Zhengzhou Municipal was 6.73% (136/2 020), in which, 22.79% (31/136) of these students' quality of life was affected (VAS>5).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Chronic rhinosinusitis is common in junior middle school students, and the life quality is affected. So we should pay attention to this diseases and take the positive and effective intervention measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolarygology, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, China. Email: 15137198458@139.com.
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mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D009666:Nose; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011788:Quality of Life; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires