Table 2 Symptoms and findings of patients
RSS-12 outcomes | Mean SD |
|---|---|
Voice disorder | 1.6 ± 3.5 |
Throat pain or odynophagia | 1.2 ± 2.5 |
Dysphagia | 1.8 ± 4.2 |
Throat clearing | 4.1 ± 5.8 |
Globus sensation | 3.3 ± 5.7 |
Excess throat mucus | 6.5 ± 8.4 |
Halitosis | 5.4 ± 8.0 |
Heartburn, stomach acid coming up, regurgitations, burps, nausea | 10.6 ± 9.8 |
Abdominal pain or diarrheas | 6.0 ± 7.4 |
Indigesiton, abdominal distension and/or flatus | 9.1 ± 9.2 |
Cough after eating or lying down or daytime troublesome cough | 4.4 ± 5.5 |
Breathing difficulties, breathlessness, or wheezing | 6.5 ± 7.4 |
Quality of Life score | 22.2 ± 23.4 |
RSS-12 total score | 60.6 ± 47.1 |
RSA outcomes | |
Anterior pillar erythema | 2.5 ± 2.0 |
Uvula erythema ± edema | 0.7 ± 1.3 |
Coated tongue | 1.9 ± 0.5 |
Oral cavity subscore | 5.2 ± 2.0 |
Posterior oro- or hypopharyngeal wall erythema | 3.4 ± 1.4 |
Posterior oro- or hypopharyngeal wall inflammatory granulations | 0.1 ± 0.5 |
Tongue tonsil hypertrophy | 1.4 ± 1.7 |
Contact between epiglotitis and tongue tonsils | 1.1 ± 1.8 |
Pharyngeal sticky mucus | 2.4 ± 2.0 |
Pharyngeal cavity subscore | 8.8 ± 3.8 |
Ventricular band erythema ± edema | 0.1 ± 0.1 |
Epiglottis erythema | 0.8 ± 1.4 |
Commissure posterior/arytenoid erythema | 3.2 ± 2.0 |
Inter-arytenoid granulatory tissue | 0.1 ± 0.1 |
Posterior commissure hypertrophy | 1.9 ± 2.4 |
Retro-cricoid erythema | 0.5 ± 1.1 |
Retro-cricoid edema | 0.2 ± 0.9 |
Endolaryngeal sticky mucus deposit | 0.3 ± 0.9 |
Laryngeal subscore | 7.0 ± 3.8 |
RSA Total score | 20.7 ± 7.8 |