Table 13 Comparison between the Arabic-VHI in the two groups both pre- and post-therapy

Pre-therapy

Group A (SnF group)

Group B (SA group)

Test value

p-value

Sig.

Arabic-VHI

 Total score

Mean ± SD

77.10 ± 10.30

74.77 ± 10.18

0.882

0.381

NS

Range

59–92

57–90

 Functional domain

Mean ± SD

30.00 ± 5.72

26.03 ± 5.32

2.780

0.007

HS

Range

20–39

18–34

 Physical domain

Mean ± SD

27.67 ± 5.29

22.63 ± 5.35

3.664

0.001

HS

Range

18–36

15–30

 Emotional domain

Median (IQR)

19.5 (16–23)

22 (19–26)

 − 2.642

0.008

HS

Range

13–26

18–29

Post-therapy

Group A (SnF group)

Group B (SA group)

Test value

p-value

Sig.

Arabic-VHI

 Total score

Mean ± SD

17.30 ± 5.76

15.20 ± 5.09

1.496

0.140

NS

Range

8–25

6–22

 Functional domain

Mean ± SD

8.87 ± 2.86

8.33 ± 2.09

0.824

0.413

NS

Range

4–13

5–11

 Physical domain

Mean ± SD

3.27 ± 1.60

4.33 ± 2.41

 − 2.020

0.048

S

Range

1–6

1–8

 Emotional domain

Median (IQR)

6 (4–9)

2 (1–2)

 − 5.788

0.000

HS

Range

2–10

0–3