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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2014 Feb 20;124(8):1750–1755. doi: 10.1002/lary.24592

Table 3.

Comparison in change of QOL scores post-ESS in CRS patients with and without migraine over time.

History of Migraine p-value
Preoperative Postoperative
QOL Improvement: Mean (SD) Range Mean (SD) Range
(n=46)
RSDI physical 22.2 (8.2) [6 – 44] 12.4 (9.4) [0 – 35] <0.001
RSDI functional 17.6 (7.6) [2 – 36] 10.9 (9.4) [0 – 35] <0.001
RSDI emotional 14.8 (8.4) [0 – 40] 9.7 (9.0) [0 – 40] <0.001
RSDI total 54.6 (21.0) [9 – 116] 32.9 (25.0) [0 – 105] <0.001
(n=33)
CSS symptom 20.0 (22.1) [0 – 75] 55.3 (35.0) [0 – 100] <0.001
CSS medication 44.4 (23.0) [0 – 100] 63.4 (24.0) [16 – 100] 0.001
CSS total 32.2 (16.2) [0 – 67] 59.3 (20.1) [12 – 100] <0.001
(n=13)
SNOT-22 68.9 (18.3) [40 – 99] 44.2 (20.6) [10 – 84] 0.003
No Migraine History p-value
Preoperative Postoperative
QOL Improvement: Mean (SD) Range Mean (SD) Range
(n=183)
RSDI physical 18.7 (8.0) [2 – 39] 9.7 (7.7) [0 – 37] <0.001
RSDI functional 14.7 (7.5) [0 – 35] 7.1 (7.0) [0 – 32] <0.001
RSDI emotional 13.2 (8.1) [0 – 39] 7.3 (7.5) [0 – 39] <0.001
RSDI total 46.7 (21.2) [3 – 107] 24.1 (20.2) [0 – 101] <0.001
(n=116)
CSS symptom 29.7 (26.8) [0 – 92] 62.5 (26.9) [0 – 100] <0.001
CSS medication 48.2 (25.2) [0 – 100] 57.1 (25.2) [0 – 100] 0.001
CSS total 39.0 (19.1) [0 – 84] 59.8 (21.3) [12 – 100] <0.001
(n=67)
SNOT-22 54.6 (19.1) [15 – 106] 28.9 (20.4) [2 – 104] <0.001

QOL, quality of life; ESS, endoscopic sinus surgery; CRS, chronic rhinosinusitis; SD, standard deviation; RSDI, Rhinosinusitis Disability Index; CSS, Chronic Sinusitis Survey; SNOT-22, 22-Item Sinonasal Outcome Test.