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- Title
Teachers' Self-Referred Chronic Dysphonia Associated Factors.
- Authors
Rossi-Barbosa, Luiza Augusta Rosa; Ferreira Guimarães, Dandara Hemanuelly; de Souza Arantes, Emanuely; Murça de Souza, Joyce Elen; Côrtes Gama, Ana Cristina; Prates Caldeira, Antônio
- Abstract
Objective: The study's purpose has been to characterize the socio-demographic, organizational, lifestyle, health-disease and vocal aspects of teachers. Methods: It is both a cross-sectional and an analytical study that has involved 146 participating teachers. A bivariate analysis was performed through the Pearson's Chi-squared Test. Results: The prevalence of chronic vocal alteration was 39.7%. The main self-referred complaints were, as follows: dry throat, hoarseness, vocal fatigue, throat clearing and voice failure. A statistically significant difference was observed for the following variables: regency time, out-of-school noise, either none or one glass of juice per day, more than one alcoholic dose at a time, talks a lot on a daily basis, absences and work leave because of vocal issues, perception of respiratory problem, medical diagnosis of respiratory allergy, medical consultation for voice and speech-language therapy. Conclusion: Knowing both the prevalence and the profile of the chronic dysphonia bearing teachers are held as important factors for ongoing activities towards health promotion.
- Subjects
RESPIRATORY allergy diagnosis; VOICE disorder treatment; ALCOHOLS (Chemical class); CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; FATIGUE (Physiology); HEALTH promotion; HOARSENESS; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; MEDICAL referrals; MEDICAL societies; NOISE; SENSORY perception; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY diseases; SPEECH therapy; STATISTICS; TEACHERS; LIFESTYLES; DISEASE prevalence; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 2, p411
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2019.v11i2.411-416