PMID- 30873533 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200824 LR - 20200824 IS - 1527-330X (Electronic) IS - 1090-820X (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Jul 12 TI - Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the Standardized Cosmesis and Health Nasal Outcomes Survey. PG - 837-840 LID - 10.1093/asj/sjz070 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the Standardized Cosmesis and Health Nasal Outcomes Survey (SCHNOS) has not been determined. OBJECTIVES: The authors sought to define the MCID for both domains of the SCHNOS questionnaire. METHODS: This prospective cohort study included patients who underwent functional, cosmetic, or combined rhinoplasty operation from June 2017 to June 2018 at a tertiary referral center. The average preoperative, postoperative, and change in scores were calculated for the nasal obstruction symptom evaluation scale (NOSE) and SCHNOS. Anchor-based MCIDs were estimated for both SCHNOS subscales to define change in obstruction and cosmesis perceived after the rhinoplasty. RESULTS: Eighty-seven patients (69% women, 31% males) with a mean age (standard deviation [SD]) of 38 years (14.7) at the time of surgery were included. The mean postoperative follow-up period (SD) was 145 days (117). The mean preoperative score (SD) for the NOSE was 52 (32), SCHNOS for nasal obstruction (SCHNOS-O) score was 55 (33), and SCHNOS for nasal cosmesis (SCHNOS-C) score was 50 (26) points. Postoperatively, the NOSE score was 23 (22), SCHNOS-O score was 24 (23), and SCHNOS-C score was 13 (18) points. The mean change in scores (SD) for NOSE, SCHNOS-O, and SCHNOS-C was -29 (37), -31 (38), and -37 (28), respectively. The calculated MCID for SCHNOS-O was 26 (16) and for SCHNOS-C was 22 (15) points. The MCID for NOSE was 24 (13) points. A sensitivity test for the patients with a follow-up >/=3 months showed only slightly different MCID estimates: 28 (17) for SCHNOS-O, 18 (13) for SCHNOS-C, and 24 (15) points for NOSE. CONCLUSIONS: For the obstruction domain SCHNOS-O, the MCID was 28 points. For the cosmetic domain SCHNOS-C, the MCID was 18 points. CI - (c) 2019 The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc. Reprints and permission: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Kandathil, Cherian K AU - Kandathil CK AD - Clinical Research Fellow. FAU - Saltychev, Mikhail AU - Saltychev M AD - Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland. FAU - Abdelwahab, Mohamed AU - Abdelwahab M AD - Assistant Lecturer, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mansoura University, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura, Egypt. FAU - Spataro, Emily A AU - Spataro EA AD - Assistant Professor, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO. FAU - Moubayed, Sami P AU - Moubayed SP AD - Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. FAU - Most, Sam P AU - Most SP AD - Professor and Division Chief, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Aesthet Surg J JT - Aesthetic surgery journal JID - 9707469 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - *Esthetics MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Minimal Clinically Important Difference MH - Nasal Obstruction/*surgery MH - Nasal Septum/anatomy & histology/*surgery MH - Prospective Studies MH - Quality of Life MH - *Rhinoplasty MH - Surveys and Questionnaires/statistics & numerical data MH - Treatment Outcome MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2019/03/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/25 06:00 CRDT- 2019/03/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - 5372611 [pii] AID - 10.1093/asj/sjz070 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aesthet Surg J. 2019 Jul 12;39(8):837-840. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjz070.