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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Voice. 2011 Dec 29;26(5):667.e1–667.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.08.011

TABLE 1.

Individual Diagnoses and Percentage With Depression and Anxiety (n) Within the Control Group

Diagnosis Within the Benign Voice
Disorders Control Group
n Patients With Anxiety, % (n) Patients With Depression, % (n)
Laryngitis 10 20 (2) 50 (5)
Allergies 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Vocal fold keratosis 2 50 (1) 50 (1)
Vocal ford dysplasia 1 0 (0) 100 (1)
Vocal fold atrophy 6 0 (0) 50 (3)
Vocal fold cyst 3 33 (1) 0 (0)
Vocal fold granuloma 4 0 (0) 0 (0)
Vocal fold nodules 2 0 (0) 100 (2)
Vocal fold paralysis 45 15 (7) 29 (13)
Vocal fold paresis 5 0 (0) 0 (0)
Vocal fold polyp 7 29 (2) 29 (2)
Vocal fold scarring 3 0 (0) 33 (1)
Vocal fold hemorrhage 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Glottic scar 2 50 (1) 50 (1)
Glottic stenosis 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Laryngopharyngeal reflux 3 0 (0) 33 (1)
Laryngeal papillomatosis 8 13 (1) 13 (1)
Laryngeal sarcoidosis 2 0 (0) 0 (0)
Laryngeal edema 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Laryngeal spasm 3 33 (1) 66 (2)
Laryngospasm 1 100 (1) 0 (0)
Muscle tension dysphonia 14 29 (4) 36 (5)
Paradoxical vocal fold movement 3 33 (1) 66 (2)
Phonotrauma 4 50 (2) 25 (1)
Postintubation phonatory insufficiency 2 50 (1) 50 (1)
Reinke’s edema 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Sulcus vocalis 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Chronic cough 1 0 (0) 0 (0)
Dysfluency 1 100 (1) 100 (1)
Dysphonia 2 0 (0) 0 (0)