Lezo-Salazar JC, Morales-Cadena GM, Fonseca-Chávez MG, Valente-Acosta B, Durán-Ruiz EE

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ABSTRACT

Objective: To evaluate accessible and non-invasive tools in older adults for the timely diagnosis of the laryngopharyngeal reflux.
Material and Method: A prospective, transversal and analytical study was carried out. There were included patients older than 60 years with non-productive cough as the main symptom and with high suspicion of laryngopharyngeal reflux who attended the Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Service of the Hospital Español de Mexico from January 2018 to May 2018. The reflux symptom index (RSI) and the reflux finding score (RFS) were applied. Patients with altered scores were referred for medical treatment. The assessment was repeated with the two scales one month after the medical treatment. Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS 15.0 for Windows (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA).
Results: One hundred patients were evaluated, 30 patients were excluded. The average of the total pretreatment score of the RSI was 16.22 and post-treatment of 6.42; the average of the final RFS pretreatment was 10.18 and post-treatment of 4.04, resulting in both a statistically significant decrease (p ‹ 0.001).
Conclusions: The reflux symptom index and the reflux finding score are effective, non-invasive and low cost diagnostic tools of the laryngopharyngeal reflux in patients older than 60 years.