Chronic Middle Ear Disease Patient Outcomes with Audiometry and HRQoL Scores

108 patient records from a prospective longitudinal cohort study investigating health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in chronic middle ear diseases. The dataset includes pre- and postoperative pure-tone audiometry and Zurich Chronic Middle Ear Inventory (ZCMEI-21) scores for patients undergoing surgical treatment. The study was conducted at a tertiary referral centre and authored by David B chinger.

Use Cases

• Analyze differences in HRQoL scores among chronic middle ear disease subtypes based on ZCMEI-21 data.
• Evaluate the association between hearing levels (pure-tone audiometry) and patient-reported outcomes.
• Model longitudinal changes in HRQoL from preoperative to postoperative states over a mean follow-up of 183 days.
• Compare clinical outcomes for different surgical indications such as persistent mastoid cavity or ossiculoplasty.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 108 patients with detailed demographic breakdown (55 females, 53 males, mean age 51.0 years).
• Contains longitudinal data with a mean follow-up period of 183 days for postoperative assessment.
• Measures both objective clinical data (pure-tone audiometry) and patient-reported outcomes (ZCMEI-21).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

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Collection Method

Prospective longitudinal cohort study conducted at a tertiary referral centre.