Awareness about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease among Chinese otolaryngologists: a nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the status of the current knowledge about laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) among Chinese otolaryngologists.

Design

Multi-centre cross-sectional survey.

Setting

220 medical centres in different regions of China.

Participants

A total of 2254 otolaryngologists from 220 medical centres in China who were successfully on-site surveyed between November 2019 and December 2020.

Main outcome measures

Awareness about LPRD included knowledge about risk factors, symptoms, laryngoscope signs, related diseases, current diagnostic methods and treatments.

Results

The percentage of participants who had heard of LPRD was 96.4%, with academic conferences as the most common source of information (73.3%). The most commo

SUBMITTER: Xiao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226935 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature