Longitudinal evaluation of clustering of chronic sinonasal and related symptoms using exploratory factor analysis

• Published in: Allergy (Copenhagen) Vol. 73; no. 8; pp. 1715 - 1723
• Main Authors: Cole, M., Bandeen‐Roche, K., Hirsch, A. G., Kuiper, J. R., Sundaresan, A. S., Tan, B. K., Schleimer, R. P., Kern, R. C., Schwartz, B. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2018
• Subjects: Allergies; Asthma; chronic rhinosinusitis; Epidemiology; exploratory factor analysis; Factor analysis; longitudinal; nasal and sinus symptoms; Pain; population‐based epidemiology; Rhinitis; Rhinosinusitis; Sinusitis; chronic rhinosinusitis; exploratory factor analysis; population-based epidemiology; longitudinal; nasal and sinus symptoms

Background Sinonasal symptoms are common and can have several underlying causes. When symptoms occur in specified patterns lasting 3 months or more they meet criteria for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Approaches to CRS symptom measurement do not specify how to measure symptoms and treat specified si...