Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy Grading and Its Relation to Sociodemographic Factors and Clinical Symptoms

Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dysphagia; Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy

Treatments: Device: Videolaryngoscopy; Other: Reflux Symptom Index Questionnaire; Other: Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02926014

LTH1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this research was to evaluate the lingual tonsil hypertrophy (LTH) grading of patients with dysphagia using videolaryngoscopy and determine the relation of LTH grades to sociodemographic factors and clinical symptoms.

Full description

Two groups of people were interviewed during this research - the LTH group and the control group - a total of 100 subjects. The first group was comprised of 50 individuals, who visited the otorhinolaryngologist at Lithuanian University of Health Sciences hospital, regarding dysphagia, and were diagnosed with LTH during endoscopy. The second group consisted of 50 healthy individuals without dysphagia, who did not have enlarged lingual tonsils during assessment using videolaryngoscopy. All subjects filled out the questionnaires, composed of RSI (Reflux Symptom Index) and DSQ (Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire) questionnaires, validated and verified for use in Lithuania, together with a questionnaire created specifically for this research for gathering sociodemographic data.

The LTH grade of all subjects was determined using DelGaudio and Friedman grading systems.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults
• Consent for participating in the research
• No cognitive disorders or mental illnesses
• Complaining about difficulty swallowing (research group)
• Enlarged lingual tonsils on videolaryngoscopy (research group)
• Generally healthy, no complaints of swallowing disorders (control group)
• Normal-sized lingual tonsils (control group)

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal to participate in the research
• Younger than 18 and older than 80 years old
• Serious mental or cognitive conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Screening

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy participants

Experimental group

Description:

The research group consisted of 50 consecutive adult outpatients suffering from swallowing disorders, examined by otorhinolaryngologist at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy was diagnosed using videolaryngoscopy.

Treatment:

Device: Videolaryngoscopy

Other: Reflux Symptom Index Questionnaire

Other: Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire

Control participants

Other group

Description:

The control group consisted of 50 healthy adult participants, who were examined using videolaryngoscopy and no pharyngeal pathologies were diagnosed, including lingual tonsil hypertrophy.

Treatment:

Device: Videolaryngoscopy

Other: Reflux Symptom Index Questionnaire

Other: Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire