Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the endoscopic endonasal sinus and skull base surgery questionnaire (EES-Q) in a prospective cohort study.
Ellen Ten DamAstrid G W Korsten-MeijerEelco W HovingJos M KuijlenBernard F A M van der LaanRobert A FeijenPaul F M KrabbePublished in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2019)
The EES-Q is a reliable and acceptable responsive disease-specific HRQoL instrument. The expected construct validity of the EES-Q is supported by the results in this study. Inconveniences in social functioning had the greatest negative impact on postoperative health status rating. This reflects the importance of a multidimensional HRQoL assessment after EES. The results indicate that the EES-Q is a promising disease-specific tool for the HRQoL assessment after endoscopic endonasal sinus or anterior skull base surgery.