Health disorders and teachers' voices: a workers' health issue

Desconforto do trato vocal em professores após atividade letiva

“…In addition, they face situations of anxiety, stress, and anguish, as well as extensive working hours (4) . Considering the situation endured by teachers in their daily working life, this study aimed to investigate the vocal tract discomfort (VTD) in vocally healthy teachers and in teachers at vocal risk by comparing their vocal self-assessment at three different times: before teaching (BT) and after four (4HT) and eight (8HT) hours of teaching.…”

“…Teachers can develop vocal alterations dependent on environmental, individual and emotional characteristics, which involve the individuals as a whole and the environment in which they are inserted (3) . Teachers often speak for a long time, increase their vocal intensity, compete with environmental noise, have inadequate postures, strain the cervical muscles, and are not usually aware of vocal hygiene habits; they also normally face situations of anxiety, stress, and distress, as well as long working hours (4) . These factors contribute to the high prevalence of vocal symptoms and changes in this professional category (5) .…”

Work schedule influence on sleep habits in elementary and high school teachers according to chronotype

“…Added to that, the teaching professional faces many other challenges that are intimately related to health issues (Landini, 2007) and drop in education quality, such as: 1) extensive workload (Decor et al, 2004) to improve fi nancial income (Reis, Araújo, Carvalho, Barbalho, & Silva, 2006); 2) time spent on extra activities related to the teaching occupation (class planning, exam correcting) that increase the workload even more (Gasparini et al, 2006;Jardim, Barreto, & Assunção, 2007); 3) the pursuit for professional qualifi cation through continuous qualifi cation programs (Jardim et al, 2007); 4) poor teaching infrastructure (Alves et al, 2009); 5) constant struggle for better salary; 6) increase of violence inside the school environment (Gasparini et al, 2006); all related to occupational stress (Bauer et al, 2007;Reis et al, 2006). Th erefore, it is important to assess other factors that may exert infl uence on the sleep pattern and quality of basic education for teachers, such as the time spent on class preparation and study, continuous qualifi cation programs, practice of another occupation, stress evaluation and gender that may be contributing to the sleep problems of those teachers.…”

“…Long work journey (Decor et al, 2004); 2) lack of time to perform additional tasks related to the teaching function (correct exams, prepare lessons), which increase the workload (Bauer et al, 2007;Gasparini, Barreto, & Assunção, 2006); 3) poor teaching conditions (Alves, Robazzi, Marziale, Felippe, Romano, 2009) and 4) increase of violence in schools (Gasparini et al, 2006). All these required obligations cause harm/interference in teachers lives which can result in lack of time for leisure and family (Nagai, Tsuchiya, Toulopoulou, & Takei, 2007;Penteado & Pereira, 2007), and may contribute to the emergence of physical (muscle aches, vocal and circulatory problems) and psychological diseases (anxiety, depression, and Burnout Syndrome).…”

Influencia de los factores intrínsecos en la producción de la voz de docentes de educación básica primaria

“…The interpretation is made found in these professionals [4][5][6][7] being the main cause of labor-related absenteeism 8,9 . These conditions are the result of several factors [10][11][12][13] related to the integrating work of the larynx and its mechanism.…”