| Elderly group | P value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
With voice complaints | Without voice complaints | |||||
Count | Row, N % | Count | Row, N % | |||
Professionalism | Professional | 16 | 64.0% | 9 | 36.0% | 0.084 |
Non-professional | 27 | 43.5% | 35 | 56.5% | ||
Retirement | Retired | 37 | 48.7% | 39 | 51.3% | 0.716 |
Non-retired | 6 | 54.5% | 5 | 45.5% | ||
Abuse of voice | Present | 22 | 78.6% | 6 | 21.4% | < 0.001 |
Absent | 21 | 35.6% | 38 | 64.4% | ||
Smoking | No | 18 | 45.0% | 22 | 55.0% | 0.396 |
light | 6 | 40.0% | 9 | 60.0% | ||
Heavy | 18 | 62.1% | 11 | 37.9% | ||
Ex-smoker | 1 | 33.3% | 2 | 66.7% | ||
Temperament | Quiet | 11 | 57.9% | 8 | 42.1% | 0.404 |
Tense | 32 | 47.1% | 36 | 52.9% | ||
Repeated URTIs | Present | 2 | 22.2% | 7 | 77.8% | 0.157 |
Absent | 41 | 52.6% | 37 | 47.4% | ||
Allergy | Present | 1 | 16.7% | 5 | 83.3% | 0.202 |
Absent | 42 | 51.9% | 39 | 48.1% | ||
Rheumatoid symptoms | Present | 2 | 40.0% | 3 | 60.0% | 1.000 |
Absent | 41 | 50.0% | 41 | 50.0% | ||
Chronic cough | Present | 15 | 68.2% | 7 | 31.8% | < 0.001 |
Absent | 28 | 43.1% | 37 | 56.9% | ||
Breathing problems | Present | 5 | 62.5% | 3 | 37.5% | 0.484 |
Absent | 38 | 48.1% | 41 | 51.9% | ||
Swallowing problems | Present | 12 | 48.0% | 13 | 52.0% | 0.866 |
Absent | 31 | 50.0% | 31 | 50.0% | ||
Reflux symptoms | Present | 11 | 45.8% | 13 | 54.2% | 0.679 |
Absent | 32 | 50.8% | 31 | 49.2% | ||
Medications | Present | 20 | 45.5% | 24 | 54.5% | 0.454 |
Absent | 23 | 53.5% | 20 | 46.5% | ||
Medications | Anti- rheumatic | 2 | 40.0% | 3 | 60.0% | 0.148 |
Anti-reflux | 3 | 23.1% | 10 | 76.9% | ||
Steroids | 2 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
Anti-reflux, DM-HTN diuretics, steroids | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 100.0% | ||
DM-HTN diuretics, anti-reflux | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
DM-HTN diuretics | 5 | 45.5% | 6 | 54.5% | ||
HTN ACI | 1 | 50.0% | 1 | 50.0% | ||
HTN diuretics, anti-reflux | 2 | 66.7% | 1 | 33.3% | ||
HTN diuretics | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 100.0% | ||
Mucolytic | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
Steroids, anti-reflux | 3 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% |