Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Municipal Public Server Hospital of São Paulo, Rua Castro Alves, 60, Aclimação District, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2012 Apr;36(2):248-53. doi: 10.1007/s00266-011-9805-x. Epub 2011 Aug 20.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction of patients who underwent rhinoplasty by using the Rhinoplasty outcomes evaluation (ROE) questionnaire and determine the influence of patient age on the outcomes.
We conducted a longitudinal study to assess patients' pre- and postoperative degrees of satisfaction with their results. The study was done at a tertiary-care medical center. The ROE questionnaire was applied twice in the same visit and aimed at measuring the patient's satisfaction in both pre- and postoperative moments.
The initial sample of this study was composed of 112 patients, 61 of whom have answered the ROE questionnaire. A mean difference of 50.5 (P < 0.0001) was observed between the pre- and postoperative satisfaction scores. No statistically significant difference was observed on the mean difference between pre- and postoperative satisfaction scores (CHANGE) according to sex (P = 0.673), the follow-up time period (P = 0.629), or the kind of surgical procedure (P = 0.904). The mean postoperative score of the <30-year-old group was lower than the mean of 30 to <50-year-old (P < 0.003) and ≥50-year-old groups (P < 0.009).
The ROE questionnaire is a tool for evaluating the outcomes of different surgical indications for correcting nasal deformities. The kind of surgical procedure had no influence on the mean difference between pre- and postoperative satisfaction scores. By using this tool we found that the younger age group reported lower postoperative satisfaction scores than older patients.
本研究旨在通过使用隆鼻术后评估量表（ROE）评估行鼻整形术患者的满意度，并确定患者年龄对结果的影响。
我们进行了一项纵向研究，以评估患者术前和术后对其结果的满意度程度。该研究在一家三级医疗中心进行。ROE 问卷在同一次就诊中应用两次，旨在测量患者在术前和术后两个时刻的满意度。
本研究的初始样本由 112 名患者组成，其中 61 名患者回答了 ROE 问卷。术前和术后满意度评分之间观察到平均差异为 50.5（P<0.0001）。根据性别（P=0.673）、随访时间（P=0.629）或手术类型（P=0.904），术前和术后满意度评分之间的平均差异（CHANGE）没有统计学意义。<30 岁组的平均术后评分低于 30 至<50 岁组（P<0.003）和≥50 岁组（P<0.009）。
ROE 问卷是评估不同矫正鼻畸形手术适应证结果的工具。手术类型对术前和术后满意度评分之间的平均差异没有影响。使用该工具，我们发现年龄较小的组报告的术后满意度评分低于年龄较大的患者。
