Adaptation and validation of the Turkish version of the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation scale

Abstract

Background The Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale is a questionnaire used to assess the quality of life in patients with nasal obstruction. The aim of this study was to validate the Turkish translation of the NOSE questionnaire. Methods The NOSE questionnaire was translated into Turkish and then back to English. Fifty patients with septal deviation leading to nasal obstruction and 50 healthy subjects without any nasal complaints and pathologies were recruited into the study. The Cronbach α was used to test internal consistency. The Mann‐Whitney U test was used to compare the NOSE scores of the 2 groups. Psychosomatic features (reliability, repeatability, validity, responding) were evaluated by concerning the criteria as test‐retest procedure, self consistency, within‐score and inter‐score correlation and sensitivity of responding between the 2 groups. Results There was no statistically significant difference between patients and healthy subjects in terms of age, gender, and body mass index. Test‐retest results among control subjects also did not demonstrate significant difference and the Cronbach α value of the NOSE scale was found to be 0.966. There was a positive correlation among every question of the NOSE scale and it was statistically significantly different from the control group. Total scores of the NOSE scale were significantly higher than the control group. Conclusion The Turkish version of the NOSE scale is a valid tool for assessing patients with septal deviation and measuring the subjective severity of nasal obstruction.

Adaption and validation of the nasal obstruction symptom evaluation scale in German language (D-NOSE)

“…Unfortunately, there was a low study participation leading to a return rate of 57%. Patients who gave their consent to study enrollment, however, showed a very good acceptance of the NOSE questionnaire, as it has been proven in several other studies [2, 5, 9, 15]. …”

“…Hence, the NOSE questionnaire has been already successfully adapted to French, Greek, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Slovenian, Dutch, Spanic, Arabic and recently to Turkish language with a validity and reliability similar to the original version [6–15]. Because of its great impact it was our aim to translate and validate the NOSE scale in the German language.…”

Does Nasal Septal Deviation Affect the Eustachian Tube Function and Middle Ear Ventilation?

“…For this reason, we used the NOSE questionnaire, which is a specific and reliable tool to evaluate nasal obstruction in adults (8,9). We included patients whose NOSE results were higher than 10.…”

“…Surgical satisfaction was evaluated with the nasal obstruction symptom evaluation (NOSE) scale, which is a 0-4 point scale (0: not a problem; 1: very mild problem; 2: moderate problem; 3: fairly bad problem; and 4: severe problem). NOSE was used to assess the following symptoms: swelling or fullness in the nose, nasal congestion, difficult breathing through the nose, difficulty in sleeping, and inability to breathe comfortably through the nose during exercise or effort (8,9). Patients' aural fullness sensation was investigated through questionnaires preoperatively and eight weeks after surgery.…”

Medical and surgical rhinology—outcomes matter

“…Even something as basic as nasal obstruction may mean different things to different people, and yet this basic issue becomes even more complicated when we cross cultures. Onerci Celebi et al . take a commonly used HRQoL questionnaire—the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale—and port it to the Turkish language.…”