The utilization of Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 in chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma.

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. 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. 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). The COMQ-12 could be a useful tool to differentiate chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma.

Citation

Berat Demir, Akın Sahin, Adem Binnetoglu, Caglar Batman. The utilization of Chronic Otitis Media Questionnaire-12 in chronic otitis media with or without cholesteatoma. European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2020 Nov;277(11):3037-3043

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PMID: 32424496

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