AI Article Synopsis
- The study tested if there's a link between nonorganic voice disorders and issues with the autonomic nervous system.
- 83 patients (65 women, 18 men) with voice disorders and a control group completed a 46-question survey.
- Results showed that female patients reported more symptoms of autonomic dysfunction than healthy participants, but this wasn't the case for male patients.
Article Abstract
The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that there is a relation between nonorganic habitual dysphonia and subjective experience of dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (neurovegetative lability). Eighty-three patients (65 women and 18 men) with a nonorganic voice disorder and a matched control group answered a questionnaire of 46 questions. One question replicated in different terms and six nonrelevant questions point out that the inquiry forms were answered in a consistent way. It appears that female patients in all age categories with a nonorganic habitual dysphonia report significantly more autonomic symptoms and complaints than healthy controls. This hypothesis cannot be confirmed for the male subgroup.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0892-1997(02)00130-3 | DOI Listing |
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