| Objective: Chronic sinusitis restricts the quality of life of millions of involved patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate how functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) modifies patients symptom profiles and quality of life and analyze the influential factors. Methods: The questionnaires modified according to the SNOT-20 scale were given to 100 patients who underwent sinus surgery at the Department of Otorhinola-ryngology, 1st affiliated hospital of China Medical University from 2004.9 to 2005.1. Results: After a postoperative follow-up of 3 months, an amelioration of quality of life was achieved in 88.24%; the leading influence to life before operation respectively is nasal obstruction (52.94%) in 1st dimension, decrescence of remembrance (18.82%) in 2nd dimension, worry themselves all day (8.24%) in 3rd dimension, interference to social intercourse (14.12%) in 4th dimension; the leading amelioration after operation respectively is nasal obstruction (58.82%) in 1st dimension, decrescence of remembrance (10.59%) in 2nd dimension, tantrum (9.41%) in 3rd dimension, interference to social intercourse (10.59%) in 4th dimension; the preoperative influential factors are age, sex and complication, postoperative factors are age, sex, complication, history of previous operation, postoperative treatment and return visit Typing is not correlative. Conclusions: As the most effective therapy at present, FESS can improve the quality of life of patients with chronic sinusitis obviously. The major correlative factors are age, sex, complication, history of previous operation, postoperative treatment and return visit.
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