Table 1.

Summary of Commonly Used CRS QOL Instruments.

Author	Type	Study Purpose	Patients (n)	Ages	Pre‐ and Post‐operative comparison	QOL measure	Duration of benefit measured	Results
Jones et al.	Retrospective review and phone call survey	Evaluate pre‐ and post‐surgical symptom scores	17 16 pediatric 1 adult	3–30	Yes	Non‐validated symptom questionnaire	No	Conclusion: that there was postoperative improvement in symptoms. No statistical analysis
Friedman et al.	Prospective data collection	Compare QOL scores with pulmonary function	51	7–20	No	SNOT‐16	No	SNOT‐16 score was predictive of FEV1 in patients <12 years of age
Keck et al.	Prospective data collection	Compare pre‐ and post‐surgical symptom scores	26	3–33	Yes	Non‐validated symptom score	No	Improved symptoms following treatment
Taylor et al.	Prospective cohort study	Compare pre‐ and post‐surgical symptom scores	10 CF patients 11 non‐CF	5–18	Yes	PedsQLTM SNOT‐16 SN‐5	No	Preoperative impairment; improvement with sinus surgery
Thamboo et al.	Cross sectional study	SNOT‐22 to predict presence of polyps	37	6–18	No	SNOT‐22 UPSIT	No	SNOT‐22 score may assist is predicting presence of polyps
Wentzel et al.	Prospective data collection	Comparison of SN‐5 score with frequency of sinusitis exacerbation or antibiotic use, missed days of school, and missed activities	50	2–12	No	SN‐5	No	Worse SN‐5 scores were associated with more frequent sinusitis exacerbations, antibiotic use, missed days of school, and missed activities
Chan et al.	Prospective data collection	Comparison of CRS diagnosis with SN‐5 scores	47	2–20	NO	SN‐5	No	High prevalence of CRS with low impact on QOL

QOL = quality of life; SNOT = sinonasal outcomes test; CRS = chronic rhinosinusitis; SN‐5 = sinonasal‐5; UPSIT = university of pennsylvania smell identification test; CF = cystic fibrosis; PedsQLTM = pediatric quality of life inventory TM.