The utilization of Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 in chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma
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The utilization of Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire‑12 in chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma Berat Demir1 · Akın Sahin1 · Adem Binnetoglu2 · Caglar Batman1 Received: 14 March 2020 / Accepted: 30 April 2020 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Objective This study aimed to compare patients who had chronic otitis media with and without cholesteatoma in terms of the quality of life related to health. Methods The Turkish version of the Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 (COMQ-12) was completed by totally 100 healthy subjects and 100 patients who had chronic otitis media (COM). The COM group was divided into cholesteatoma and without cholesteatoma [dry tympanic membrane perforation (TMP) and draining ear] groups. Results COMQ-12 score = 3.6 for healthy people. The average scores of dry TMP, draining ear, and cholesteatoma groups were 32.90, 27.34, and 45.95, respectively. A significant difference was between the cholesteatoma and without cholesteatoma groups in total scores (p = 0.001). No difference was found between the groups in age (p = 0.518) and gender (p = 0.975). Conclusion The COMQ-12 could be a useful tool to differentiate chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma. Keywords Cholesteatoma · Otitis media · Questionnaire · Quality of life
Introduction Even today, chronic otitis media is a widespread health problem that is seen in a large proportion (2%) of the population [1]. Although this prevalence may increase or decrease according to the level of development of the country, chronic otitis media affects the social life of the patient due to hearing loss and a bad-smelling discharge. In addition, chronic otitis media causes extracranial complications, such as subperiosteal abscess, mastoiditis, facial paralysis, labyrinthitis, and intracranial complications, such as labyrinthitis, cerebral abscess, meningitis, extradural abscess, otic hydrocephalus, encephalitis, and lateral sinus thrombosis [2].
Nowadays, quality of life related to disese has been questioned, and even the quality of life scores that patients have responded to have become increasingly important [3]. One of the current surveys measuring the quality of life in chronic otitis media is the Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 (COMQ-12), which was created for the first time by Phillips et al. [4]. The Turkish version of the COMQ-12 scale was profuced by translating it, and its reliability and validity have been investigated [5]. Chronic otitis media may be with or without cholesteatoma. Aim of this study was to compare patients with cholesteatoma and without cholesteatoma chronic otitis using the COMQ-12 scale in terms of the quality of life.
Methods * Berat Demir [email protected] 1
Department of Otorhinolaryngology‑Head and Neck Surgery, Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Marmara University Medical Faculty, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Fevzi Cakmak Mahallesi, Ust Kaynarca‑Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, Turkey
Department of Otorhinolaryngology‑Head and
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