1Resident, ENT, SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
2Lecturer, Department of Social Preventive Medicine, Govt Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
3Head of Department, ENT-HNS, SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India
Online published on 4 July, 2016.
To identify a normal SNOT-22 score in subjects not known to be suffering from rhino-sinusitis in medical students of govt. medical college srinagar.
Analysis of SNOT 22 scores in participants with no sinonasal disease.
Tertiary care hospital (SMHS associated Medical College, Srinagar, Kashmir, India)
203 participants from medical institution.
Results were obtained from 102 men and 101women with a mean age of 21 (range 18–24). SNOT scores ranged from 0–35 with a mean score of 41.4. The mode was 0 and the median score 40.5.
Due to the skewed nature of the data, the median score (40.5) is taken as the normal SNOT 22 score. It is recommended that in a clinical situation a SNOT 22 score of 40.5 be used as a guide for ‘‘normal’’, and that caution be exercised when suggesting treatment to patients with a score below 40.5. It appears feasible that this test be applied pre and post operatively for appropriate selection and judging the outcome respectively.
SNOT-22, SNOT, Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS)
