Key Points
- The mean TOI-14 was 48.22 (SD 10.10).
- The mean HALT was 45.80 (SD 22.22).
- There was a significant correlation between the TOI-14 and HALT,r = 0.605, p<0.001.
- This is the first evidence that patients with poor quality of life due
to sore throat also have poor quality of life due to halitosis.
- It is currently unknown if the HALT score is modified by
tonsillectomy.