What do we mean when we have a "sinus infection?"
disease severity
paranasal sinus diseases
sinusitis
Journal
International forum of allergy & rhinology
ISSN: 2042-6984
Titre abrégé: Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101550261
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
revised:
09
06
2022
received:
06
04
2022
accepted:
11
07
2022
pubmed:
17
7
2022
medline:
26
1
2023
entrez:
16
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Sinus infections are a common reason patients seek medical care. However, the intended meaning of the term sinus infection among patients and otolaryngologists is incompletely understood. In this multi-institutional cross-sectional study, a semantics-based questionnaire was provided to consecutive patients presenting to otolaryngology clinics at six academic centers from June 2020 until May 2021. The primary outcome was respondent definitions for sinus infection from a list of 28 proposed terms covering six general categories. Secondary outcome measures included differences between geographic regions. Responses were obtained from 560 patients (54% female, mean age 48.9 years) and 29 otolaryngologists (42% female, mean age 37.4 years). Patients and otolaryngologists selected a median of 10 and 11 terms, respectively, to define a sinus infection. Among patients the most frequently selected symptom categories were mucus (500, 89.3%), pressure/pain (480, 85.7%), and airflow (468, 83.6%). Compared to patients, clinicians selected with greater frequency the symptom categories of pressure/pain (14.3% difference; 95% CI, 7.6% to 22.5%), mucus (10.7% difference; 95% CI, 4.7% to 18.3%) and airflow (13.0% difference; 95% CI, 4.8% to 21.7%). Multiple categories were selected by 96% of patients and 100% of providers. The definition of sinus infection appears variable for both patients and otolaryngologists, though patients appear to apply a broader range of symptoms to the term sinus infection. There were no pronounced geographic differences in the description of a sinus infection in this US sample population. Patients commonly described sinus infection in the context of pain-related symptoms. Appreciation of these semantic differences may enable more effective patient-clinician communication.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
129-139Informations de copyright
© 2022 ARS-AAOA, LLC.
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