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Outcomes of septal surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2007

N J Calder  and
I R C Swan
N J Calder*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
I R C Swan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research (Scottish Section), Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
*
Address for correspondence: Mr N J Calder, 47 Park Terrace Lane, Glasgow G3 6BQ, Scotland, UK. Fax: 0141 2010865 E-mail: ncalder@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

To assess the change in health-related quality of life following septal surgery.

Study design:

Post-intervention, health-related quality of life questionnaire.

Participants:

Adult patients undergoing septal surgery, recruited from two sources (the Scottish ENT outcomes study and the North Glasgow National Health Service Trust) over an 18-month period.

Main outcome measure:

Glasgow benefit inventory score.

Results:

A total of 149 Glasgow benefit inventories were returned. Of these, 13 were incomplete and were thus excluded, leaving 136 to be analysed. The response rate from the Scottish ENT outcomes study patients was 55 per cent and the response rate from the North Glasgow National Health Service Trust patients was 41 per cent, giving an overall response rate of 49 per cent. The mean Glasgow benefit inventory score was 11.3 (standard deviation 20, 95 per cent confidence interval 7.8 to 14.7). This result was similar to those of other studies using the Glasgow benefit inventory to assess septal surgery outcomes.

Conclusion:

Patients reported minimal improvement in their health-related quality of life following septal surgery.

Keywords

Outcome AssessmentsNasal SeptumSurgical Techniques

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 121 , Issue 11 , November 2007 , pp. 1060 - 1063
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2007

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Footnotes

Presented at the Scottish Otolaryngology Society meeting, 25th November 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland, and the British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, 6th July 2006, Birmingham, UK.

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