Subjective And Objective Nasal Evaluation Of Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the nasal cavities ofpatients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome using subjective methods(VAS, NOSE scale) and objective methods (Nasal endoscopy, acousticrhinometry, rhinomanometry).Methods:55OSAS patients were included in this study. Two studieswere carried out. The first study was between subjective, rhinometry andrhinomanometry measures including55OSAS patients. Second study wasbetween subjective and endoscopic measures. This study included dividing55OSAS patients into two groups. Group A:23OSAS patients with nasalcomplaints and Group B:32OSAS patients with no nasal complaints.Subjective evaluation was done using VAS and NOSE scale. Objectiveevaluation was done using nasal endoscopy, acoustic rhinometry andrhinomanometry.Results: The patients with nasal complaints exhibited higher score onthe VAS and NOSE scale. However, most patients showed the presence ofanatomical nasal alteration (presence of hypertrophy of inferior turbinate, deviated nasal septum, narrow nasal cavity) during nasal endoscopy.Although the result of correlation was in the expected direction, subjectiveand objective measures were not highly significant.Conclusion: There was poor correlation between the differentevaluations methods used and there was a discrepancy between thesubjective perception of the patients and the objective findings.