Lennox Penelope A, Hitchings Anne E, Lund Valerie J, Howard David J
Professorial Unit, The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Am J Rhinol. 2005 Jan-Feb;19(1):71-4.
This study assesses the ability of the short form 36 (SF-36), a validated health status survey, to measure the health of patients with epistaxis due to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT).
Thirty-eight patients completed the SF-36 and symptom-specific questionnaires. They were asked to rate their epistaxis as severe, moderate, or mild. The SF-36 data are compared with a reference population and analyzed with respect to the subgroups.
The scores for each dimension of health were significantly reduced (p < 0.05) when compared with the reference population for all dimensions except pain. When compared with the patients' ratings of severity, a significant correlation was detected in five dimensions (p < 0.05).
The SF-36 reflects the reduced health status of patients with epistaxis due to HHT. Changes in the SF-36 score could be used as an outcome measure in assessing efficacy of treatment of this condition.
本研究评估经过验证的健康状况调查问卷简式36项健康调查(SF - 36)测量遗传性出血性毛细血管扩张症(HHT)所致鼻出血患者健康状况的能力。
38名患者完成了SF - 36和症状特异性问卷。他们被要求将自己的鼻出血程度评为重度、中度或轻度。将SF - 36数据与参考人群进行比较,并按亚组进行分析。
与参考人群相比,除疼痛外,所有健康维度的得分均显著降低(p < 0.05)。与患者对严重程度的评分相比,在五个维度中检测到显著相关性(p < 0.05)。
SF - 36反映了HHT所致鼻出血患者健康状况的下降。SF - 36评分的变化可作为评估该疾病治疗效果的一项结局指标。