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The health-related quality of life (HRQoL) more specifically focuses on how the QoL affects health (including both medical and non-medical issues). Limitations in well-being will, by association, also occur in those children suffering with sinus diseases. Study aim: To compare the quality of life in children\u2013adolescents suffering from some of the most commonly occurring childhood diseases of chronic rhinitis and sinusitis on a group of healthy children\u2013adolescents. Test materials and methods: Subjects were children\u2013adolescents with at least one of the aforementioned conditions afflicting the upper respiratory tract. Admission criteria were: ages 5 to 18 years in the presence of a chronic disease such as chronic rhinitis and paranasal sinusitis. The Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 CHQ-PF-50 (CHQ-PF50) was used, which is a general-purpose research instrument based on psychometric testing designed for assessing physical and mental well-being in children\u2013adolescents aged 5 to 18 years. Results: Wellbeing significantly deteriorated in sick children within the following areas: current health status of the child (STAND), physical fitness (PF), social functioning resulting from behaviour or emotional state (REB), the impact of physical health on limitations in social functioning (RP), pain and discomfort (BP), behaviour (BE), mental health (MH), self-esteem (SE), general health perception (GH), influence of the child\u2019s health condition on parental emotions (PE), limitations on parental leisure time due to the child\u2019s health (PT) and restrictions on joint family activities (FA). Conclusions: The greatest impairment to well-being in children with chronic rhinitis and paranasal sinusitis was on the impact of the child\u2019s health status on parents\u2019 emotions, pain and discomfort and general perception of health. 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