Research Article
Factors Associated with the Use of Different Treatment Modalities among Patients with Upper Airway Diseases in Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants (
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| | Characteristic | n (%) |
| | Sex | | | Female | 116 (41.6) | | Male | 163 (58.4) | | Age (yr) | (50.0, 20–89)* | | 30 | 54 (19.4) | | 31–40 | 46 (16.5) | | 41–50 | 47 (16.8) | | 51–60 | 69 (24.7) | | 60 | 63 (22.6) | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | (23.8, 12.3–35.9)* | | Underweight | 12 (4.3) | | Normal | 141 (50.5) | | Overweight | 72 (25.8) | | Obese | 54 (19.4) | | Marital status | | | Single, divorced, widowed, or other | 94 (33.7) | | Married | 185 (66.3) | | Educational level | | | Elementary school or below | 78 (28.0) | | High school or above | 201 (72.0) | | General health status | | | Poor or fair | 55 (19.7) | | Good | 158 (56.6) | | Very good or excellent | 66 (23.7) | | Smoking | | | No | 232 (83.2) | | Yes | 47 (16.8) | | Alcohol use | | | No | 208 (74.6) | | Yes | 71 (25.4) | | Exercise | | | No | 52 (18.6) | | Yes | 227 (81.4) | | CRSOM-31 symptom-impact score | (158.0, 2–472)* | | 116 | 94 (33.7) | | 117–205 | 92 (33.0) | | 205 | 93 (33.3) | | CRSOM-31 nasal symptoms score | (39.0, 0–108) | | CRSOM-31 eye symptoms score | (5.0, 0–40) | | CRSOM-31 sleep score | (19.0, 0–60) | | CRSOM-31 ear symptoms score | (12.0, 0–66) | | CRSOM-31 general symptoms score | (28.0, 0–135) | | CRSOM-31 practical problems score | (25.0, 0–91) | | CRSOM-31 emotional consequences score | (20.0, 0–60) | | Etiology of rhinitis | | | Allergic rhinitis | | | No | 132 (47.3) | | Yes | 147 (52.7) | | Deviation of nasal septum | | | No | 234 (83.9) | | Yes | 45 (16.1) | | Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis | | | No | 194 (69.5) | | Yes | 85 (30.5) | | Chronic rhinosinusitis | | | No | 127 (45.5) | | Without nasal polyps | 50 (17.9) | | With nasal polyps | 102 (36.6) |
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Mean standard deviation (median, minimum–maximum).
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