Quantifying Laryngopharyngeal Reflux in Singers: Perceptual and Objective Findings
Table 3
Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) descriptive data.
Participant
RSI 1
RSI 2
RSI 3
RSI 4
RSI 5
RSI 6
RSI 7
RSI 8
RSI 9
RSI total
(1)
1
3
1
4
2
0
0
0
2
(2)
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
4
1
11
(3)
4
3
1
3
1
4
0
1
4
(4)
3
2
3
0
0
0
1
0
3
12
(5)
4
2
2
0
2
1
1
2
0
(6)
5
3
3
1
3
1
1
0
2
(7)
4
4
3
0
2
0
1
1
3
(8)
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
(9)
4
4
3
3
3
2
4
2
1
(10)
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
12
(11)
3
5
5
2
1
2
0
3
2
(12)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
(13)
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
(14)
4
4
4
1
3
2
0
4
0
(15)
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
(16)
4
3
3
0
1
1
0
0
3
(17)
5
5
4
3
3
3
2
4
4
(18)
4
3
5
1
0
0
0
3
1
(19)
5
4
3
2
4
4
5
4
0
(20)
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
6
Mean
3.35
2.85
2.5
1.05
1.25
1
0.8
1.45
1.65
15.9
SD
1.38
1.30
1.46
1.31
1.37
1.37
1.39
1.63
1.46
8.52
Range
0–5
0–5
0–5
0–4
0–4
0–4
0–5
0–4
0–4
1–33
The table depicts the descriptive data for all participants for the RSI including individual scores for each variable, total RSI score for each participant, mean and standard deviation for all variables, and range of scores for all participants. The values that are asterisked and bolded depict an abnormal score on the RSI.
