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To determine the impact that upper respiratory tract infections have on patients' physical, social, and emotional functioning, we measured the health-related quality of life (HRQL) of adults with upper respiratory tract infections. SETTING: Acute care clinic from November 2001 to February 2002. DESIGN: Prospectively administered survey. To measure HRQL, we used the Acute Form of the Short Form-36, version 2 (SF-36). For all 8 SF-36 subscales, we used norm-based scoring, in which the general U.S. population has a mean of 50. PATIENTS: Adults who had symptoms for fewer than 30 days completed the SF-36; and were diagnosed with nonspecific upper respiratory infection, viral syndrome, otitis media, sinusitis, nonstreptococcal pharyngitis, streptococcal pharyngitis, or acute bronchitis. ## MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The sample of 318 patients was 63% female, 81% white, and had a mean age of 35 years. The primary diagnoses were nonspecific upper respiratory infection (42%), acute bronchitis (16%), sinusitis (12%), viral syndrome (9%), nonstreptococcal pharyngitis (8%), otitis media (7%), and streptococcal pharyngitis (6%). Patients had a mean general health subscale score of 50.9, whi
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- Author
- Jeffrey A. Linder; Daniel E. Singer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Springer-Verlag; Springer Verlag; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0884-8734)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)