title: Nonorganic habitual dysphonia and autonomic dysfunction.
abstract: The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that there is a relation between nonorganic habitual dysphonia and subjective experience of dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (neurovegetative lability). Eighty-three patients (65 women and 18 men) with a nonorganic voice disorder and a matched control group answered a questionnaire of 46 questions. One question replicated in different terms and six nonrelevant questions point out that the inquiry forms were answered in a consistent way. It appears that female patients in all age categories with a nonorganic habitual dysphonia report significantly more autonomic symptoms and complaints than healthy controls. This hypothesis cannot be confirmed for the male subgroup.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Phoniatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lize
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Demmink-Geertman
authors.forename: Philippe Henri
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Dejonckere
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*