Abstract
Method We used 3112 16-year-olds from a Swedish birth cohort called BAMSE. The adolescents who fulfilled the criteria of CRS according to the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis (EPOS) in a questionnaire, was contacted by telephone to verify the diagnosis. Those with ongoing symptoms were invited for a clinical follow up with nasal endoscopy, olfactory threshold test (Sniffin’ sticks) and the disease specific quality-of-life (QoL) questionnaire SNOT22 (Sino Nasal Outcome Test 22). QoL was compared to those without CRS with the generic EQ-5D VAS.
Highlights
Symptoms of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is common, around 10% among adults, and has shown to be associated with reduced quality of life
We wanted to estimate the prevalence of CRS in adolescence and evaluate the burden of symptoms
The adolescents who fulfilled the criteria of CRS according to the European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis (EPOS) in a questionnaire, was contacted by telephone to verify the diagnosis
Summary
Marit Westman1*, Par Stjarne, Anna Bergstrom, Inger Kull, Elina Toskala, Lars Olaf Cardell, Magnus Wickman, Mats Holmstrom. From The 10th Symposium of Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose (SERIN 2015) Stockholm, Sweden. From The 10th Symposium of Experimental Rhinology and Immunology of the Nose (SERIN 2015) Stockholm, Sweden. 19-21 February 2015
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