Zaidi Tafazzul Hyder, Zafar Mubashir, Baloch Zafar Haleem, Shakeel Alisha, Ali Nouman Mansoor, Ahmed Beenish Nisar, Khan Muhammad Amash, Masood Rafia, Fatima Iman, Shakeel Sarah
Department of Community Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, 75510, Pakistan.
Department of Family & Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, 2440, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Future Sci OA. 2023 Jan 10;8(9):FSO824. doi: 10.2144/fsoa-2022-0050. eCollection 2022 Oct.
Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is a common public health issue among students.
A total of 300 undergraduate students were selected through multistage cluster sampling from three public-sector universities. Sino-nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22) and Rhinosinusitis Disability Index (RSDI) were used for determining the quality of life. Chi-square and independent -test were used.
About 46% and 54% (p = 0.001) of social science and health science students were suffering from CRS, respectively. Around 7% and 9% of CRS patients had poor quality of life according to SNOT-22 and RSDI, respectively (p = 0.042 and p = 0.032, respectively).
Quality of life was affected in all domains of SNOT-22 and RSDI.
慢性鼻-鼻窦炎(CRS)是学生群体中常见的公共卫生问题。
通过多阶段整群抽样从三所公立大学选取了300名本科生。采用鼻-鼻窦结局测试(SNOT-22)和鼻-鼻窦炎残疾指数(RSDI)来确定生活质量。使用卡方检验和独立样本t检验。
社会科学专业和健康科学专业的学生中,分别约有46%和54%(p = 0.001)患有CRS。根据SNOT-22和RSDI,分别约有7%和9%的CRS患者生活质量较差(p分别为0.042和0.032)。
SNOT-22和RSDI的所有领域的生活质量均受到影响。