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. 2021 Sep 14;41(5):450–460. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1491

Table V.

SNOT-22 subdomain analysis*.

Subdomains GERD Non-GERD p-value
Pre-operative SNOT-22 subdomains
    Rhinologic symptoms 13.1 ± 1.2 13.4 ± 0.6 0.84
    Extranasal rhinologic symptoms 6.0 ± 0.8 5.2 ± 0.3 0.48
    Otologic/facial symptoms 8.1 ± 0.9 4.8 ± 0.3 < 0.001
    Psychological dysfunction 13.8 ± 1.6 6.9 ± 0.6 < 0.001
    Sleep dysfunction 11.0 ± 1.4 5.1 ± 0.5 < 0.001
SNOT-22 subdomains improvement
    Rhinologic symptoms -7.0 ± 1.1 -7.0 ± 0.6 0.90
    Extranasal rhinologic symptoms -3.4 ± 0.8 -3.3 ± 0.3 0.94
    Otologic/facial symptoms -5.5 ± 0.7 -3.1 ± 0.3 0.001
    Psychological dysfunction -8.5 ± 1.6 -3.5 ± 0.7 0.001
    Sleep dysfunction -6.0 ± 1.2 -2.3 ± 0.5 0.01
Post-operative SNOT-22 subdomains
    Rhinologic symptoms 6.1 ± 1.0 6.5 ± 0.5 0.83
    Extranasal rhinologic symptoms 2.5 ± 0.5 2.0 ± 0.3 0.43
    Otologic/facial symptoms 2.6 ± 0.4 1.8 ± 0.2 0.04
    Psychological dysfunction 5.3 ± 1.3 3.3 ± 0.5 0.14
    Sleep dysfunction 5.1 ± 0.9 2.8 ± 0.3 0.01

Subdomain scores were presented as mean ± standard error. P-values were generated from Wilcoxon rank-sum test. SNOT-22: Sinonasal outcome test-item 22; GERD: Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.