Table 2.
Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI) results of the two treatments for OSA investigated. Abbreviations: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP); Transoral robotic surgery (TORS); Barbed reposition pharyngoplasty (BRP); Glasgow Benefit Inventory (GBI).
| TORS + BRP + Septoplasty (Group 1) 67 Patients |
CPAP (Group 2) 67 Patients |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total score | Mean = +30.4 Standard Deviation = 24.2 Hi = +75.0 Low = −16.7 |
Mean = +33.2 Standard Deviation = 23.6 Hi = +88.9 Low = −11.1 |
0.4 |
| General score | Mean = +31.3 Standard Deviation = 31.9 Hi = +83.3 Low = −63.9 |
Mean = +38.6 Standard Deviation = 26.5 Hi = +100. Low = −20.3 |
0.1 |
| Social score | Mean = +11.5 Standard Deviation = 21.6 Hi = +66.7 Low = 0.00 |
Mean = +26.9 Standard Deviation = 28.0 Hi = +100. Low = 0.00 |
0.0006 |
| Physical score | Mean = +24.8 Standard Deviation = 14.5 Hi = +50.0 Low = −16.7 |
Mean = +18.7 Standard Deviation = 29.1 Hi = +100. Low = −16.7 |
0.04 |
Distribution of groups was normal and the outcomes have been compared using student t-test; a value of p < 0.05 was considered statically significant.