Table 2 Synthetic data for the 10 items of GETS and the 2 items on somatic distress reaction, preoperatively assessed on 95 patients

stuck

pain

irritation

difficult swallowing

swelling

closing off

catarrh

can’t empty

swallow all time

food sticking

time

find annoying

Mean score

2.27

.66

1.66

.97

1.07

1.31

1.52

1.04

1.48

1.03

1.59

1.85

St.dev.

1.98

1.26

2.00

1.63

1.80

2.06

2.13

1.66

2.21

1.76

2.18

2.24

N.of score 0

27

68

46

62

61

57

51

57

54

62

50

41

N.of score 7

3

1

2

1

2

3

6

1

6

1

6

7