Patient-reported outcome measures for acute rhinosinusitis in adults and children: a systematic review of the quality of existing instruments

Table 8 Recommendations for use

	Category A		Category C
PROM	Sufficient content validity (any level)	At least low quality evidence for sufficient internal consistency	High quality evidence for an insufficient measurement property	Recommendation
SNOT-16	Yes	No	No	B
MARS	Yes	No	No	B
RhinoQoL	Yes	No	No	B
PRSS	Yes	No	No	B
S5	Yes	No	No	B

B COSMIN category B, PROM Patient-reported outcome measure; MARS Measurement of Acute Rhinosinusitis, PRSS Pediatric Rhinosinusitis Symptom Score, RhinoQoL Rhinosinusitis Quality-of-Life Questionnaire, SNOT-16 Sinonasal Outcome Test-16, S5 Sinusitis Symptom Questionnaire, Yes fulfilled, No not fulfilled

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