Otoplasty in patients with helix valgus: quality of life and satisfaction

Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 1 Analysis (Mann-Whitney test) of 7 variables regarding the total GCBI score and the difference in pre- and post-surgical POS-Head/Neck score

Variable	GCBI global scale score^a	P	Difference in pre and post-surgical score POS^a	P
Sex
Male	16.67 (22)	0.4688	20.00 (21)	0.0706
Female	27.08 (30)	0.4688	36.66 (29)	0.0706
Age
≤ 10 years old	10.42 (15)	0.0116	15.01 (14)	0.0268
> 10 years old	27.08 (37)	0.0116	33.34 (36)	0.0268
Motivation
No bullying	20.83 (26)	0.2271	31.66 (24)	0.7490
Bullying	27.09 (26)	0.2271	33.34 (25)	0.7490
Lateralism
Unilateral	16.67 (11)	0.5985	26.66 (12)	0.3458
Bilateral	25.00 (41)	0.5985	33.34 (38)	0.3458
Previous otoplasty
No	22.92 (41)	0.3133	26.67 (39)	0.1279
Yes	27.08 (11)	0.3133	46.67 (11)	0.1279
Concha resection
No	18.75 (31)	0.3135	30.00 (31)	0.6967
Yes	29.17 (21)	0.3135	33.33 (19)	0.6967
Postsurgical recurrence
No	27.08 (44)	0.0010	33.33 (43)	0.3348
Yes	7.29 (8)	0.0010	30.00 (7)	0.3348

Abbreviations: GCBI Glasgow Children’s Benefit Inventory, POS Patient Outcomes of Surgery-Head/Neck
^aThe median of the overall GCBI score and the pre- and post-surgical score difference in the POS-Head-Neck is expressed, with the size of each subgroup in parentheses. A value of p < 0.05 is considered statistically significant