Comparative assessment of the severity of acute bilateral maxillary sinusitis and acute gemisinusita based on the visual analogue scale
This article is about the results of the use of a visual analogue scale for the comparative assessment of the changes in quality of life and severity of individual symptoms in patients with acute purulent maxillary sinusitis bilateral and patients with acute hemi-sinusitis. Impact on quality of life in both groups was equivalent. The study of the correlation between the quality of patient’s life and individual symptoms showed a moderate correlation with the general state of the individual symptoms in patients with acute bilateral maxillary sinusitis. In the group of patients with acute hemi-sinusitis correlations are more pronounced between the individual symptoms and general condition. The most pronounced correlation was between the overall condition of pain (r=0.67) and nasal obstruction (r=0.6). A moderate correlation with general state of rhinorrhea and reduced olfaction was revealed (r=0.41).