[Study of visual analogue scale of nasal symptoms between chronic rhinosinusitis patients and doctors].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the difference of the symptoms evaluation between CRS patients and doctors.


METHODS
Seven symptoms including nasal obstruction, watery rhinorrhea, sneezing, rhinocnesmus, itching of eyes, hyposmia and facial pain were evaluated by visual analog scales (VAS) by the patients. The assigned rhinologist finished VAS evaluation of doctor based on the patient's description of their symptoms. Rank test was used to analyze the difference for each VAS scores of symptom between patients and doctor. Spearman test was used to analyze the effect of age in VAS scores and the effect of gender was analyzed by using Mann-Whitney test.


RESULTS
We found that the sum and every single patient's nasal symptoms VAS scores both showed statistical significantly difference (t = 4.51 P < 0.01). VAS scores of nasal blockage showed the significant difference between patients and doctor (r = 359.52 P < 0.01). Age of patients did not show correlation with VAS scores (r = -0.074 P > 0.05) also, gender of patients didn't show statistical significant (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
There were differences between patient's and doctor's nasal symptoms VAS scores and the VAS scores of patients were higher than the doctor's. Age and gender of patient were not related to the VAS evaluation.
Yanming
Y
Zhao
Yuan
Y
Zhang
Luo
L
Zhang
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D015588:Observer Variation; D010361:Patients; D010820:Physicians; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D064232:Visual Analog Scale