TY - JOUR
AU - Nayak, Jayakar V.
AB - ORIGINAL ARTICLE The Empty Nose Syndrome 6-Item Questionnaire (ENS6Q): a validated 6-item questionnaire as a diagnostic aid for empty nose syndrome patients 1, ∗ 1, ∗ 2 Nathalia Velasquez, MD , Andrew Thamboo, MD, MHSc ,Al-RahimR.Habib,MSc , 3 1 Zhenxiao Huang, MD, PhD and Jayakar V. Nayak, MD, PhD Background: Empty nose syndrome (ENS) is considered an testing was 0.969. The ENS6Q statistically signifi- acquired condition that remains difficult to diagnose ob- cantly discriminated between ENS and control pa- jectively. Defining specific symptoms that can be reliably tients and between ENS and chronic rhinosinusitis with- associated with this disorder would be essential to identi- out polyposis (CRSsNP) patients, without significant fying possible ENS patients. We sought to validate an ENS- differences between CRSsNP and controls. The area- specific, 6-item questionnaire as an adjunct to the standard under-the-curve (AUC) threshold score comparison fur- Sino-Nasal Outcome Test 22 (SNOT-22) questionnaire to ther supported the ability of the ENS6Q to differentiate discriminate patients suspected of having ENS. ENS from CRSsNP patients. Methods: The Empty Nose Syndrome 6-item Question- Conclusion: The ENS6Q is the first validated, specific, naire (ENS6Q) paired 6 common ENS symptoms (nasal suf- adjunct questionnaire to the SNOT-22 to more 
TI - The Empty Nose Syndrome 6‐Item Questionnaire (ENS6Q): a validated 6‐item questionnaire as a diagnostic aid for empty nose syndrome patients
JF - International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
DO - 10.1002/alr.21842
DA - 2017-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-empty-nose-syndrome-6-item-questionnaire-ens6q-a-validated-6-item-cdqWQjMGS7
SP - 64
EP - 71
VL - 7
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -