ENTtoday
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • Practice Focus
    • Allergy
    • Facial Plastic/Reconstructive
    • Head and Neck
    • Laryngology
    • Otology/Neurotology
    • Pediatric
    • Rhinology
    • Sleep Medicine
  • Departments
    • Issue Archive
    • TRIO Best Practices
      • Allergy
      • Facial Plastic/Reconstructive
      • Head and Neck
      • Laryngology
      • Otology/Neurotology
      • Pediatric
      • Rhinology
      • Sleep Medicine
    • Career Development
    • Case of the Month
    • Everyday Ethics
    • Health Policy
    • Legal Matters
    • Letter From the Editor
    • Medical Education
    • Online Exclusives
    • Practice Management
    • Resident Focus
    • Rx: Wellness
    • Special Reports
    • Tech Talk
    • Viewpoint
    • What’s Your O.R. Playlist?
  • Literature Reviews
    • Allergy
    • Facial Plastic/Reconstructive
    • Head and Neck
    • Laryngology
    • Otology/Neurotology
    • Pediatric
    • Rhinology
    • Sleep Medicine
  • Events
    • Featured Events
    • TRIO Meetings
  • Contact Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
    • Triological Society
    • Advertising Staff
    • Subscribe
  • Advertise
    • Place an Ad
    • Classifieds
    • Rate Card
  • Search

Refractory Chronic Rhinosinusitis Carries High Productivity Cost

by Amy Eckner • September 7, 2014

  • Tweet
  • Email
Print-Friendly Version

Clinical Question

How much is lost in annual productivity costs for a patient with refractory chronic rhinosinusitis (RCRS), and what is the relationship between productivity costs and RCRS-specific characteristics?

You Might Also Like

No related posts.

Explore This Issue
September 2014

Background: Patients with RCRS suffer several negative health consequences, including reduced quality of life, poor sleep, and increased body pain. These effects can lead to work absences, reduced work performance, and lost leisure household time. Accurate disease-specific costs must include direct and indirect costs for a societal perspective. The relationship between CRS-specific characteristics and degree of productivity costs must also be evaluated.

Study design: Prospective, multi-institutional, observational cohort study.

Setting: Patients were enrolled at four tertiary level rhinology clinics: Medical University of South Carolina, University of Calgary, Stanford University, and Oregon Health and Science University.

Synopsis: A total of 55 RCRS patients were enrolled. Lost productive time (LPT) was defined as the per-person workdays lost due to RCRS. Household productivity loss was calculated by time per day used at home to care for sinuses. Comorbid characteristics included nasal polyps and asthma. The mean annual absenteeism LPT was 24.6 days per patient; LPT when patients were present was 38.8 workdays per patient. The overall annual LPT from both was 63.4 paid workdays missed per patient. Patients reported a mean of 29 minutes per day caring for their sinus disease, with a mean of 21.2 household days lost per year. Productivity costs related to paid work LPT were $8,150.07 per year, and those related to household LPT were $1,927 per year. There was no association between RCRS with or without polyposis and CRS with or without asthma. There was a significant correlation between productivity cost and degree of disease-specific quality-of-life impairment, and between age and productivity costs. Limitations included the small number of patients, a small cohort of the overall CRS population, and a potential risk of recall bias.

Bottom line: The annual productivity cost associated with RCRS is $10,077.07 per patient, providing a strong incentive to optimize treatment protocols.

Citation: Rudmik L, Smith TL, Schlosser RJ, Hwang PH, Mace JC, Soler ZM. Productivity costs in patients with refractory chronic rhinosinusitis. Laryngoscope. 2014;124:2007-2012.

—Reviewed by Amy Eckner

Filed Under: Literature Reviews, Practice Focus, Rhinology, Rhinology Tagged With: CRS, rhinosinusitisIssue: September 2014

You Might Also Like:

The Triological SocietyENTtoday is a publication of The Triological Society.

The Laryngoscope
Ensure you have all the latest research at your fingertips; Subscribe to The Laryngoscope today!

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology
Open access journal in otolaryngology – head and neck surgery is currently accepting submissions.

Classifieds

View the classified ads »

TRIO Best Practices

View the TRIO Best Practices »

Top Articles for Residents

  • Do Training Programs Give Otolaryngology Residents the Necessary Tools to Do Productive Research?
  • Why More MDs, Medical Residents Are Choosing to Pursue Additional Academic Degrees
  • What Physicians Need to Know about Investing Before Hiring a Financial Advisor
  • Tips to Help You Regain Your Sense of Self
  • Should USMLE Step 1 Change from Numeric Score to Pass/Fail?
  • Popular this Week
  • Most Popular
  • Most Recent
    • The Dramatic Rise in Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Treatment
    • Some Studies Predict a Shortage of Otolaryngologists. Do the Numbers Support Them?
    • Vertigo in the Elderly: What Does It Mean?
    • Complications for When Physicians Change a Maiden Name
    • Neurogenic Cough Is Often a Diagnosis of Exclusion
    • Vertigo in the Elderly: What Does It Mean?
    • New Developments in the Management of Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
    • Some Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Resists PPI Treatment
    • The Dramatic Rise in Tongue Tie and Lip Tie Treatment
    • Eustachian Tuboplasty: A Potential New Option for Chronic Tube Dysfunction and Patulous Disease
    • Tympanoplasty Tips: Otology Experts Give Advice on the Procedure
    • How Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Is Evolving to Give Patients a Better Night’s Sleep
    • Vestibular Schwannoma Position Relative to Internal Auditory Canal Helps Predict Postoperative Facial Function
    • Vocal Fold Lipoaugmentation Provides Long-Term Voice Improvements for Glottal Insufficiency
    • Upper Lateral Cartilage Mucosal Flap Enables the Successful Closure of Larger Septal Perforations

Polls

Do you think there will be a shortage of otolaryngologists in the next five to 10 years?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
  • Polls Archive
  • Home
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Visit: The Triological Society • The Laryngoscope • Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology

Wiley
© 2022 The Triological Society. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN 1559-4939

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.