Patients’ Profile of Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the health problems that impact the world community's socio-economic aspects, especially in Indonesia. CRS is defined as inflammation of the nasal mucosa of the nasal cavity as well as the paranasal sinuses characterized by two or more symptoms lasting ≥12 weeks. The main symptoms are nasal obstruction/congestion/discharge (anterior/posterior nasal drip), facial pain/pressure, and reduction or loss of smell. CRS cases commonly cause infection (virus, bacteria, and fungi). Besides this, the disease can be influenced by several factors, namely host factors (allergies, anatomical abnormalities, genetics) and environmental factors (smoking and working), so this disease is said to be multifactorial. The purpose of this study is to determine the CRS profile based on age, gender, occupation, main complaints, and additional complaints from CRS patients. This research is descriptive by using a retrospective study obtained from the patient's medical record as a variable parameter to be studied. In January-December 2018, there were 30 patients seeking treatment at UKI Hospital, with the most frequent distribution of patients aged >40 years, around 14 people (46.7%). The largest gender was women, namely 17 people (56.7%), the occupations most often found were private employees and homemakers / do not have occupations around 11 people (36.7%), then the main complaint that was most often found was nasal congestion around 19 people (63.3%), while complaints the most common addition was headache around 14 people (46.7%). It can be concluded that CRS occurs mainly in adulthood, female sex, private employees, and homemakers / who do not have occupations as a job often encountered. The main complaint often felt is nasal congestion, and an additional complaint is a headache. Keywords: Chronic rhinosinusitis, Profile, Criteria