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Impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on sinonasal symptoms and quality of life in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis

Background: deterioration associated with chronic pain, sleeping disorders and higher fatigue scores in posttraumatic stress disorder patients deteriorate the total symptom scores in tests for chronic rhinosinutis and quality of life. Methods: 28 patients with posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic rhinosinusitis and 28 with chronic rhinosinutis only completed VAS, SF-36 and SNOT-22 questionnaires. Results: VAS score is better for chronic rhinosinutis, 3.8 points versus 5.6 points . SF-36: results are better for chronic rhinosinutis group: 58, 75% versus 34, 74% . The mean SNOT-22 sum score was better in chronic rhinosinutis group: 48.80 versus 58.33 points. Conclusions: higher chronic pain sensitivity, sleeping disorders and tiredness in posttraumatic stress disorder/chronic rhinosinusitis patients aggravate the scores of chronic rhinosinusitis. In patients with chronic rhinosinusitis that do not show signs of improvements despite the therapy, one of the possible comorbidity is also posttraumatic stress disorder.

posttraumatic stress disorder ; chronic rhinosinusitis ; qualitiy of life

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