eprintid: 19725
rev_number: 12
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creators_name: Baumann, Ingo
creators_name: Gerendas, Bianca
creators_name: Plinkert, Peter K.
creators_name: Praetorius, Mark
title: General and disease-specific quality of life in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media - a prospective study
subjects: ddc-610
divisions: i-911000
abstract: Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is frequently associated with symptoms of inflammation like discharge from the ear or pain. In many cases, patients suffer from hearing loss causing communication problems and social withdrawal. The objective of this work was to collect prospective audiological data and data on general and disease-specific quality of life with validated quality of life measurement instruments to assess the impact of the disease on health-related quality of life (HR-QOL).   Methods: 121 patients were included in the study. Patients were clinically examined in the hospital before and 6 months after surgery including audiological testing. They filled in the quality of life questionnaires SF-36 and Chronic Otitis Media Outcome Test 15 (COMOT-15) pre-operatively and 6 and 12 months post-operatively, respectively.   Results: Complete data records from 90 patients were available for statistical analysis. Disease-specific HR-QOL in patients with CSOM improved after tympanoplasty in all the scales of the COMOT-15. There was no difference in HR-QOL assessment between patients with mesotympanic respectively epitympanic CSOM. However, we did find the outcome to be worse in patients who received revision surgery compared with those receiving primary surgery. Audiometric findings correlated very well with the subscale hearing function from the COMOT-15 questionnaire. General HR-QOL measured with the SF-36 was not significantly changed by tympanoplasty.   Conclusions: Tympanoplasty did lead to a significant improvement of disease-specific HR-QOL in patients with CSOM while general HR-QOL did not change. Very well correlations were found between the subscale hearing function from the COMOT-15 questionnaire and audiological findings. Revision surgery seems to be a predictor for a worse outcome.  
date: 2011
publisher: BioMed Central
id_scheme: DOI
ppn_swb: 1653704373
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-197257
language: eng
bibsort: BAUMANNINGGENERALAND2011
full_text_status: public
publication: Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
volume: 9
number: 48
place_of_pub: London
pagerange: 1-6
issn: 1477-7525
citation:   Baumann, Ingo ; Gerendas, Bianca ; Plinkert, Peter K. ; Praetorius, Mark  (2011) General and disease-specific quality of life in patients with chronic suppurative otitis media - a prospective study.  Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 9 (48).  pp. 1-6.  ISSN 1477-7525     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19725/1/12955_2010_Article_823.pdf