Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of children with acute sinusitis in the population used for development (Version 1.0) and modification (Version 2.0) of the PRSS
| Characteristic | Development Dataset (Study 1) N= 258 |
Modification dataset (Study 2) N= 185 |
|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of Children | No. (%) of Children | |
| Mean age, yearsa | 6.4 (2.9) | 5.6 (2.7) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 131 (51.6) | 98 (53.0) |
| Female | 127 (48.1) | 87 (47.0) |
| Race | ||
| Caucasian | 162 (64.3) | 98 (53.0) |
| African-American | 74 (29.5) | 63 (34.1) |
| Other | 22 (6.2) | 24 (12.3) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic | 11 (4.3) | 19 (10.3) |
| Non-Hispanic | 246 (95.7) | 166 (89.7) |
| Maternal education | ||
| Less than high school | 11 (4.3) | 8 (4.3) |
| High school graduate/GED | 67 (26.0) | 54 (29.2) |
| Some college | 75 (29.1) | 72 (38.9) |
| College graduate | 103 (39.9) | 48 (25.6) |
| Unknown | 2 (0.8) | 3 (1.6) |
| Mean number of days with symptoms | 14.3 (5.9)* | 14.3 (5.9)* |
a
Mean (standard deviation), not number of patients presented