Patient and Public Outreach Initiatives in Chronic Rhinosinusitis from the Canadian Sinusitis Working Group: Support for Affected Patients and Extending an Understanding of CRS to the General Public

Smriti Nayan; Shaun Kilty; Helen Buckie Lloyd; Martin Desrosiers

doi:10.1007/s11882-017-0711-4

Patient and Public Outreach Initiatives in Chronic Rhinosinusitis from the Canadian Sinusitis Working Group: Support for Affected Patients and Extending an Understanding of CRS to the General Public

Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2017 Jul;17(7):48. doi: 10.1007/s11882-017-0711-4.

Authors

Smriti Nayan^{1

2}, Shaun Kilty^{3

4}, Helen Buckie Lloyd, Martin Desrosiers^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. smriti.nayan@medportal.ca.
² Department of Surgery, Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Cambridge, ON, Canada. smriti.nayan@medportal.ca.
³ Deparment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁴ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁵ Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal(CRCHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁶ Departement de Otorhinolaryngologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
⁷ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

PMID: 28616717
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-017-0711-4

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis is an important disease entity that affects patients worldwide, yet there is limited public awareness regarding the disease. The Canadian Rhinosinusitis Working Group, a group of diverse medical professionals, has made a multitude of efforts to help improve the health literacy of patients and important stakeholders, as well as the quality of life of patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. This review will aim to outline these initiatives.

Keywords: Health literacy; Patient-related outcome measures; Primary chronic rhinosinusitis; Quality of life.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Canada
Chronic Disease
Health Literacy
Humans
Quality of Life
Rhinitis*
Sinusitis*