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Prevalence of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps in Catalonia (Spain): a retrospective, large-scale population-based study

Publicated to:Rhinology. 60 (5): 384- - 2022-01-01 60(5), DOI: 10.4193/rhin21.364

Authors: Sánchez-Collado, I; Mora, T; Muñoz-Cano, R; Ribó, P; Mullol, J; Valero, A

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Hosp Clin Barcelona, Allergy Sect, Pneumol & Allergy Dept, Barcelona - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, ARADyAL - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, CIBER Resp Dis CIBERES - Author
UIC, Res Inst Evaluat & Publ Policies, Barcelona - Author
Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin, Smell Clin, ENT Dept, Barcelona - Author
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Abstract

Background: Studies on the prevalence of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps (NP) in general-based populations are scarce in Europe and worldwide. We performed a retrospective population-based observational cohort study of 30,189 adult patients diagnosed with NP in Catalonia (Spain). Methodology: Adult individuals (>= 18 years old) with a diagnosis of NP established by medical records at different health care levels (primary, hospital, and emergency) from the Catalan Health System (CHS) were included. Socio-demographic characteristics, prevalence, overall and by age and gender, disease severity, multi-morbidities, and biomarkers of type-2 inflammation were evaluated, together with appropriate medical treatment (AMT) and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (ESS). Results: In general population and severity sub-populations, the overall diagnosed NP prevalence was 0.49% and higher for males than females (0.60% vs 0.39%, p= 60 years old for both gender and severity groups. Asthma (40.1%), acute rhinosinusitis (41.1%), and allergic rhinitis (32.1%) were among the most frequent comorbid respiratory diseases. ESS was performed in 15.4% of NP patients. Type 2 inflammation was present in 83.8% of the NP population and was more frequent in severe than non-severe (87.1% vs 82.7%, p

Keywords

AdolescentAdultBiological markerBiomarkersBurdenChronic diseaseComplicationDiseaseEpidemiologyFemaleHumanHumansInflammationMaleMiddle agedNasal polypsNose polypPopulation-basedPrevalenceRetrospective studiesRetrospective studyRhinitisSinusitisSpainType-2 inflammation

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Rhinology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 2/43, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Otorhinolaryngology. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 5.51. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 2.33 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 7.74 (source consulted: Dimensions Nov 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-11-05, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 21
  • Scopus: 21
  • Europe PMC: 6

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-11-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 33.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 33 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Valero Santiago, Antonio).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Mullol i Miret, Joaquim.