Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the sino-nasal outcome test (snot)-22 for Finnish patients

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  • Anni Koskinen
  • Sari Hammarén-Malmi
  • Jyri Myller
  • Mäkelä, Marjukka
  • Elina Penttilä
  • Timo Pessi
  • Tuomo Puhakka
  • Antti Raappana
  • Rami Taulu
  • Sanna Toppila-Salmi
  • Paula Virkkula
  • Maija Hytönen

Purpose The Sino-Nasal Outcome Test-22 (SNOT-22) is the most commonly used disease-specific quality of life questionnaire in rhinology. The purpose of this prospective study was to translate and validate SNOT-22 into Finnish. Methods The validation process followed the guidelines proposed for cross-cultural adaptation of health-related measures of quality of life. The study consisted of three groups: rhinologic out-patients (N = 96), FESS patients (N = 49) and healthy controls (N = 79). Out-patient and FESS groups completed the questionnaire twice (answers A and B), out-patients after two weeks and FESS patients after 3 months. Validity, reliability and responsiveness were evaluated. Results The mean SNOT-22 sum score of the out-patient questionnaires were 35.3 points (answer A) and 32.4 points (answer B). ICC in out-patient group was 0.879. For the FESS patients, the mean pre- and postoperative (answer A and B) SNOT-22 sum scores were 46.8 and 21.9 points, respectively (p <0.0001). The mean SNOT-22 of healthy controls was 8.9 points. The out-patients (answer A) and healthy controls had statistically significant difference in SNOT-22 scores (p <0.0001). Conclusions The results of our study show that the validated Finnish version of the SNOT-22 questionnaire demonstrates good validity, reliability and responsiveness.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology
Volume278
Pages (from-to)405–410
Number of pages6
ISSN0937-4477
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

    Research areas

  • Sino-nasal outcome test, SNOT-22, Validation, Translation, HRQoL, CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS, TEST SNOT-22, VALIDITY

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