Table 3.
Frequency of related symptoms among participants at three and five year follow-up after randomisation to surgical or medical management for chronic gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Values are numbers (percentages) of participants
| Symptom frequency (No of times/week) |
Year 3 follow-up | Year 5 follow-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical | Medical | Surgical | Medical | ||
| Heartburn: | |||||
| 0 | 77 (58.8) | 46 (34.8) | 65 (58.6) | 28 (26.4) | |
| 1–3 | 44 (33.6) | 64 (48.5) | 38 (34.2) | 64 (60.4) | |
| >3 | 10 (7.6) | 22 (16.7) | 8 (7.2) | 14 (13.2) | |
| Regurgitation: | |||||
| 0 | 102 (77.3) | 83 (61.9) | 89 (75.4) | 71 (63.4) | |
| 1–3 | 27 (20.5) | 47 (35.1) | 26 (22.0) | 37 (33.0) | |
| >3 | 3 (2.3) | 4 (3.0) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (3.6) | |
| Difficulty swallowing: | |||||
| 0 | 100 (75.8) | 102 (76.1) | 91 (77.1) | 82 (74.5) | |
| 1–3 | 30 (22.7) | 27 (20.1) | 25 (21.2) | 25 (22.7) | |
| >3 | 2 (1.5) | 5 (3.7) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (2.7) | |
| Wind from bowel: | |||||
| 0 | 19 (14.4) | 20 (15.0) | 14 (11.9) | 14 (12.7) | |
| 1–3 | 37 (28.0) | 35 (26.3) | 27 (22.9) | 30 (27.3) | |
| >3 | 76 (57.6) | 78 (58.6) | 77 (65.3) | 66 (60.0) | |
| Belching: | |||||
| 0 | 53 (40.2) | 33 (24.8) | 46 (39.3) | 27 (24.5) | |
| 1–3 | 39 (29.5) | 48 (36.1) | 40 (34.2) | 37 (33.6) | |
| >3 | 40 (30.3) | 52 (39.1) | 31 (26.5) | 46 (41.8) | |
| Nausea but unable to be sick: | |||||
| 0 | 116 (87.9) | 110 (83.3) | 101 (85.6) | 92 (82.9) | |
| 1–3 | 15 (11.4) | 17 (12.9) | 15 (12.7) | 16 (14.4) | |
| >3 | 1 (0.8) | 5 (3.8) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (2.7) | |