Prevalence and Risk Factors of Chronic Sinusitis among People in Jazan Region’ KSA

Homood, Mohammed Ali; Alkhayrat, Saud Mohammed; Kulaybi, Khalid Mousa; Mohajer, Ahmad Ali; Majrashi, Abdullah Sagheer; Salawi, Ali Abdullah; Darbi, Ali Yahya; Alnuman, Mustafa Abdullah; Khawaji, Nehad Khalaf

doi:10.12816/0041695

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Chronic Sinusitis among People in Jazan Region’ KSA

Document Type : Original Article

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College of Medicine, Jazan University

10.12816/0041695

Abstract

Background: Chronic Sinusitis results from the impairment of paranasal sinus ventilation. Symptoms of chronic sinusitis include facial pressure, fullness or pain, nasal obstruction, headache, clear or mucopurulent nasal discharge and hyposmia or anosmia. Risk factors of chronic sinusitis involve smoking, allergy, septal deviation, aspirin sensitivity and bronchial asthma.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of chronic sinusitis and it’s related risk factor as well as correlation with demographics. Methods: The present study included 867 participants using Monkey survey for investigation which included 20 questions.
Results: There were 25.3% of participants had chronic sinusitis, 26.4% of the males and 22.4% of females suffer from the disease. Chronic sinusitis was more prevailed among young, the younger aged participants in addition to those living in rural area. Chronic sinusitis was less prevalent in married persons and those working in a medical job. Presence of any type of allergy was a risk factor for chronic sinusitis.
Conclusion: Chronic sinusitis and allergy consider as risk factors for chronic sinusitis.

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