TY - JOUR
TI - Subjective and objective nasal obstruction assessment in children with
chronic rhinitis
AU - Priftis, KN
AU - Drigopoulos, K
AU - Sakalidou, A
AU - Triga, M
AU - Kallis,
AU - V
AU - Nicolaidou, P
JO - International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
PY - 2006
VL - 70
TODO - 3
SP - 501-505
PB - Elsevier Ireland Ltd
SN - 0165-5876
TODO - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.07.027
TODO - chronic rhinitis; nasal blockage; rhinomanometry; self-assessment;
decongestion test
TODO - Objective: The present study was undertaken, to test the hypothesis that
schoolchildren on long-term treatment for chronic rhinitis under-report
their nasal congestion.
Methods: Ninety-seven children aged 8.3-15.5 years (median 12.7) with
non-purulent perennial rhinitis, for 1.4-8.5 years (median 2.8)
self-graded their nasal blockage as “severe” (group-A),
“moderate” (group-B), “mild” (group-C) or “absent”
(group-D). An additional 48 normal children served as controls
(group-E). Subsequently active anterior rhinomanometry for total nasal
airway resistance (TNAR) measurement and decongestion test (> 20% TNAR
fall) were employed as objective means of nasal congestion.
Results: Mean pre-decongestion TNAR values did not show any significant
difference between the group-A, -B and -C; significant differences were
observed between group-A and -D (p = 0.04) and between all groups as
compared to -E. Positive decongestion test was detected in 57.1%,
53.8%, 48.3%, 32.3% and 10.4% of children in group-A, -B, -C, -D and
-E, respectively (group-A, -B, -C versus -E p < 0.001, group-D versus -E
p = 0.03).
Conclusions: Schoolchildren on long-term treatment for perennial
rhinitis frequently under-report their symptom of nasal stuffiness. (c)
2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
ER -