Rasmussen ER, et al. - The topic of exploration herein was the epidemiology of globus pharyngeus in adult patients presenting to the otolaryngologist's office. An inquiry was also carried out of the predictors of persisting symptoms, the prevalence of anxiety and the effect of clinical assessment. Findings revealed that the incidence of globus was 3.8% in the otolaryngologist's office. The predictive factors for presenting to the clinic despite the occurrence of symptom remission included female gender and concomitant foreign body sensation. It was noted that male gender, smoking and self-perceived breathing difficulties served as predictive factors for persisting symptoms. It was deduced that globus was an anxiety-causing symptom. However, otolaryngologist provided reassurance through the clinical examination.