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Table 2 Description of the patient reported outcome measurements (PROMs) describing the severity of epistaxis (ESS and NOSE-HHT), anxiety (HADS-A), depression (HADS-D), fatigue (PROMIS-Fatigue-8a), and physical and mental functioning (SF-36) of the study population

From: Quantifying the burden of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia on quality of life and psychological health: a cross-sectional study

Patient population

Total (%)

ESS, mean (SD)

5 (2.1)

Mild (1–4)

188 (33)

Moderate (4–7)

266 (47)

Severe (7–10)

111 (20)

NOSE-HHT, mean (SD)

1.7 (0.8)

Mild (0–1)

126 (22)

Moderate (1.01-2)

239 (42)

Severe (> 2)

200 (36)

HADS-D, mean (SD)

6.3 (4)

Normal (0–7)

369 (65)

Borderline abnormal (8–10)

107 (19)

Abnormal (11–21)

89 (16)

HADS-A, mean (SD)

8 (4.3)

Normal (0–7)

275 (49)

Borderline abnormal (8–10)

128 (22)

Abnormal (11–21)

162(22)

PROMIS-Fatigue 8a, mean (SD)

60 (8.5)

Normal limits (20–54)

159 (28)

Mild (55–60)

106 (19)

Moderate (61–70)

242 (43)

Severe (71–80)

58 (10)

SF-36

mean (SD)

General Health

44.3 (22)

Physical Function

60.5 (29)

Physical Limitations

40.8 (41.8)

Emotional Limitations

50.6 (43.7)

Energy

35 (20.7)

Emotional

62.3 (20)

Social

58 (31)

Pain

64 (27)

  1. AVM, arteriovenous malformation; CI, confidence interval; ESS, Epistaxis Severity Score; GI, gastrointestinal; HADS-A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Anxiety); HADS-D: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (Depression); NOSE-HHT, Nasal Outcome Score for Epistaxis in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia; PROMIS-Fatigue 8a, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Short Form 8a - Fatigue interfere scale, SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; SF-36, Short Form-36