Prevalencia de reflujo faringo-laríngeo medida por cuestionario “REFLUX SYMPTOM INDEX” y correlación de posibles factores asociados en estudiantes de Medicina de Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Gastroesophageal reflux esophagitis is a disease that involves a set of symptoms and complications due to the reflux of the physical content into the esophagus. Symptoms may be due to reflux, such as regurgitation and nausea, or injury to the esophagus, such as epigastric pain and heartburn. This pathology can favor other diseases, such as pharyngeal-laryngeal reflux. The Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) can be used for the diagnosis of pharyngeal-laryngeal reflux due to its simple, non -invasive and inexpensive application. A cross-sectional, observational and descriptive study was carried out, and a medical study was carried out at the Catholic University of Santiago during the semester. B 2017. The data collection instrument was a self -administered by Googleforms, which included the study variables and the RSI scale. Participants were 310 people, 50.6% men, and 49.3% women, of whom 169 were smokers (54.5%), consumed alcohol 163 (52.6%), 310 people consumed rice, with an average of 8.74% daily servings, and DE 4.006. The prevalence of pharyngolaryngeal reflux in this study population was 64.5%, which obtained a score of 13 or more in the total scale of RSI. A correlation of 34% (p <0.01) with tobacco consumption was observed, of 31% (p <0.01) with alcohol, and 22.8% (p <0.01) with the percentage of rice per week. The correlations were significant. The conclusions were the following: pharyngolaryngeal reflux was very prevalent in this study population. The presence of this disease was correlated with the female sex, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and the portions of rice ingested during the week.