Frequency and severity of globus pharyngeus symptoms in patients undergoing thyroidectomy: a pre-post short term cross-sectional study

Table 1 Rotated component matrix of the loading factors for the 10 items of GETS

Items	Component
Items	1	2	3
Feeling of something stuck in the throat	.448	.647	.035
Pain in the throat	.141	.075	.905
Discomfort/irritation in the throat	.330	.597	.362
Difficulty in swallowing food	.841	.133	-.146
Swelling in the throat	-.076	.724	.192
Throat closing off	.658	.494	.187
Catarrh down throat	.072	.607	-.254
Can’t empty throat when swallowing	.760	.103	.291
Want to swallow all the time	.458	.505	.149
Food sticking when swallowing	.874	.058	.140

Component 1: symptoms related to swallowing; Component 2: symptoms related to globus sensation; Component 3: pain.
Factor loadings represent how much a factor explains a variable in factor analysis. It is accepted that a value higher than .50 indicates that the answer to that particular item is mainly influenced by that factor. Loadings > .50 are highlighted in bold.

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