PREVALENCE OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH CHANGE IN VOICE
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Epidemiology, gastroesophageal reflux, prevalence, voice disorder
Abstract
Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a common medical condition with highly variable clinical presentations. It due to the reflux of the stomach contents into the esophagus. Aim & Objective: To determine the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with voice disorders.
Methods: A cross-sectional study carried out among 50 GERD patients attending the otorhinolaryngology OPD in Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Trichy.
Results: Among the 50 patients were studied in age group of 20–80 (aged 42.36 ± 10.88 years). Majority of the patients (48%) fall under the age group of 41– 60 years. In this study, 27 of the participants were female and 23 were male. The onset of complaint of voice changes were gradual and 36% of the patients had moderate grade of voice change as per the speech pathologist assessment. It observed that 70% patients had gastroesophageal reflux disease with the history of voice change for more than 3 months.
Conclusion: It concluded that the prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) in our patients with voice disorder were 70%. There was a significant association between the LPRD and the higher grade of voice change. There was a statistical co-relation between GERD, LPRD, voice disorder, smoking and alcohol consumption in our study. The prevalence and factors contributing to voice changes with GERD that pertains to this geographical, level of voice user, smoking, alcohol consumption and duration of voice change were explained.
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Dr. Arun Magendran
Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. G. Gandhi
Professor & HOD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Trichy SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.