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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2018 Sep 12;129(1):31–36. doi: 10.1002/lary.27470

Table 6:

Comparison of average MCID values for SNOT-22 scores between study participants electing CAMT and ESS.

Treatment Modalities:
Continued Appropriate Medical Therapy
(n=59)		 Endoscopic Sinus Surgery9
(n=276)
SNOT-22 total score: −8.0 −9.0
 Rhinologic symptoms −3.9 −3.8
 Extra-nasal rhinologic symptoms −2.5 −2.4
 Ear/facial symptoms −3.3 −3.2
 Psychological dysfunction −3.4 −3.9
 Sleep dysfunction −2.9 −2.9

MCID, minimal clinically important difference; SNOT-22, 22-item SinoNasal Outcome Test; CAMT, continued appropriate medical therapy; ESS, endoscopic sinus surgery.