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The aim of this study was to perform the cross-cultural adaptation and evaluate selected measurement properties of the Kazakh-language SNOT-22 in adults with CRSwNP. Methods: This prospective single-center study included 151 participants: 101 patients with CRSwNP (vitamin D supplementation group, n = 50; standard-treatment group, n = 51) and 50 healthy volunteers. Both patient groups underwent endoscopic sinus surgery and received topical glucocorticosteroids; adjunctive vitamin D was administered only in the vitamin D supplementation group according to the prespecified protocol. Cross-cultural adaptation was conducted according to ISPOR recommendations. The selected measurement properties examined were internal consistency, known-group validity, responsiveness, and exploratory associations with Lund\u2013Kennedy endoscopic scores. Test\u2013retest reliability and structural validity were not assessed. Results: Baseline SNOT-22 scores were substantially higher in patients with CRSwNP than in healthy volunteers (p &lt; 0.001), although the interpretation of this known-group comparison is limited by significant age and sex imbalance between groups. In the combined target CRSwNP sample with complete item-level data (n = 99), Cronbach\u2019s alpha was 0.921. Subgroup coefficients were 0.901 in the vitamin D supplementation group and 0.934 in the standard-treatment group, while the coefficient in healthy volunteers was 0.891. After one month, SNOT-22 scores decreased substantially in both patient groups (both p &lt; 0.001), supporting the instrument\u2019s ability to detect change over time. Baseline correlations with Lund\u2013Kennedy scores were very weak and non-significant; stronger correlations were observed only after treatment. Conclusions: The Kazakh-language SNOT-22 showed promising initial measurement properties, including high internal consistency and the ability to distinguish patients from healthy volunteers and to detect longitudinal score changes. However, the psychometric evaluation remains incomplete because test\u2013retest reliability, measurement error, and structural validity were not assessed, and evidence for convergent validity was limited. 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