Validation of the sino-nasal outcome test 20 (SNOT-20) domains in nonsurgical patients

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-45

  Pynnonen, Melissa A ^a   Kim, H Myra ^b   Terrell, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Factor analysis; Humans; Nasal saline irrigation; Prospective studies; Quality of life; Rhinitis; Rhinosinusitis; Severity of illness index; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EAR DISEASE; FACE PAIN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OTALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESSNESS; RHINITIS; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINO NASAL OUTCOME TEST 20; SLEEP; SYMPTOM;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINUSITIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70149103727     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2009.23.3259     Document Type: Article

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