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Experience of People With Chronic Sinusitis During COVID-19 Lockdown in Saudi Arabia: Insights and Lessons

Background This study aims to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown period on chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) symptoms control. Methodology This cross-sectional study was carried out on adult patients (aged ≥18 years) who visited King Abdulaziz University Hospital within six months before the lo...

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Autores principales: Aldrees, Turki, Almatrafi, Sharif, Musallam, Norah, Alroqi, Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10352144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37469816
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40579
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author Aldrees, Turki
Almatrafi, Sharif
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Alroqi, Ahmad
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description Background This study aims to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown period on chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) symptoms control. Methodology This cross-sectional study was carried out on adult patients (aged ≥18 years) who visited King Abdulaziz University Hospital within six months before the lockdown starting date. Background information, including patients' diagnosis, presence of rhinitis, number of previous surgeries, and medications, was collected. CRS symptom burden was measured using a validated Arabic version of the 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22). Study participants were required to complete the survey two months after the start of the lockdown. Results Out of 66 patients, 43 agreed to participate. The majority of respondents (34, 75.6%) were diagnosed with CRS with nasal polyps. The study revealed no differences between pre- and post-lockdown total symptom scores. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health system worldwide in many ways. Regarding the scope of our study, CRS symptoms, fortunately, did not worsen with the pandemic. This is considered the first reported study to assess such symptom control among people with CRS in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 lockdown period. 
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spelling pubmed-103521442023-07-19 Experience of People With Chronic Sinusitis During COVID-19 Lockdown in Saudi Arabia: Insights and Lessons Aldrees, Turki Almatrafi, Sharif Musallam, Norah Alroqi, Ahmad Cureus Otolaryngology Background This study aims to evaluate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown period on chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) symptoms control. Methodology This cross-sectional study was carried out on adult patients (aged ≥18 years) who visited King Abdulaziz University Hospital within six months before the lockdown starting date. Background information, including patients' diagnosis, presence of rhinitis, number of previous surgeries, and medications, was collected. CRS symptom burden was measured using a validated Arabic version of the 22-item Sino-Nasal Outcome Test (SNOT-22). Study participants were required to complete the survey two months after the start of the lockdown. Results Out of 66 patients, 43 agreed to participate. The majority of respondents (34, 75.6%) were diagnosed with CRS with nasal polyps. The study revealed no differences between pre- and post-lockdown total symptom scores. Conclusions The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the health system worldwide in many ways. Regarding the scope of our study, CRS symptoms, fortunately, did not worsen with the pandemic. This is considered the first reported study to assess such symptom control among people with CRS in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 lockdown period.  Cureus 2023-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10352144/ /pubmed/37469816 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40579 Text en Copyright © 2023, Aldrees et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Experience of People With Chronic Sinusitis During COVID-19 Lockdown in Saudi Arabia: Insights and Lessons
title_sort experience of people with chronic sinusitis during covid-19 lockdown in saudi arabia: insights and lessons
topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10352144/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40579
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