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Table 6 Correlation between overall severity of swallowing and RSI/A-DHI before and after treatment

From: Dietary risk factors and therapy outcomes of swallowing-related problems in laryngopharyngeal reflux: patients’ perspectives

Subscale

Before medical treatment

After medical treatment

R

P value

R

P value

RSI

0.625

0.000

0.578

0.000

A-DHI

Functional

0.216

0.097

0.253

0.051

Physical

0.422

0.000

0.467

0.000

Emotional

0.324

0.012

0.491

0.000

Total

0.391

0.002

0.519

0.000

  1. P>0.05: Non-significant (NS), P< 0.05: Significant (S), P<0.01: Highly significant (HS)