A Comparative Study Utilizing the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) in Teachers and the General Population of Kuwait

Alarouj, Hamoud; Althekerallah, Jasem M.; AlAli, Hussain; Ebrahim, Mohammad; Ebrahim, Mahmoud

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.05.006

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“…The vocal disadvantage of Brazilian teachers participating in this study was below the prevalence of 21.6% verified in a recent survey, with teachers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, who taught in the tele-teaching modality (Alkhunaizi et al, 2022) and below the values found in the study conducted in the city of Salvador -Bahia -Brazil, whose prevalence was 21.3% and 28.8%, depending on the vocal effort evaluated regarding the number of years of work and weekly workload (Sampaio et al, 2012). However, it was higher than the 10.1% (Moy et al, 2015), 17.3% (Alarouj et al, 2022) and 18.3% (Alanazi et al, 2018) conducted with teachers in Malaysia, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia respectively. Such differences may be due to using the IDV cut-off point above 11 points, the modality and teaching, and the research time.…”

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“…In the present study, the vocal handicap was associated with the female gender, teaching time, job dissatisfaction, and physical inactivity. As for the association with the female gender, studies showed that female teachers scored higher on vocal handicaps than their male colleagues (Alafarj et al, 2022;Alarouj et al, 2022). Prolonged voice emission and in use of increased loudness, supposedly caused by anatomical and functional distinctions and adapted adjustments, are presented in several studies as a justification for the relationship of vocal alterations in women (Caporossi & Ferreira, 2011).…”

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“…To better understand the impact of dysphonia, the Vocal Disadvantage Index (VDI) has been employed both in Brazilian research and in other countries such as Malaysia (Moy et al, 2015), Saudi Arabia (Alanazi et al, 2018;Alkhunaizi et al, 2022) and Kuwait (Alarouj et al, 2022). This questionnaire makes it possible to quantify the individual's perception of their vocal disorder (Andrade et al, 2016).…”

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Vocal Handicap and Association With Physical Inactivity and Job Dissatisfaction Among Teachers

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Santos

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This study aimed to verify the association between voice handicaps, physical inactivity, and job dissatisfaction among public school teachers in Minas Gerais, Brazil. An epidemiological, cross-sectional web survey study was performed to do this. The data compilation relevant to this survey was amassed between October 26 and December 31, 2021. A total of 1782 teachers participated in this study. The outcome variable used was the Voice Handicap Index 10 (VHI-10), which makes it possible to quantify the individual’s perception of vocal alteration. The higher the result, the greater the voice handicap perceived by the subject. In addition to sociodemographic and occupational aspects, physical activity was evaluated by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in its short form. The level of job satisfaction was expressed through the simple validated question: “Are you satisfied with your job?”. The multivariate statistical analysis was Poisson regression with robust variance. Voice handicap was present in 20.2% of the teachers and was associated with being female (PR = 1.32; CI95%: 1.03-1.70), teaching time (PR = 1.26; CI95%: 1.26-1.04), job dissatisfaction (PR = 1.96; CI95%: 1.59-2.42) and physical inactivity (PR = 1.24; CI95%: 1.00-1.52). The study was carried out at the beginning of the teachers’ return to in-school classes and found that a fifth reported a perception of voice handicap, pointing to the need for greater attention to the work environment and the importance of physical activity for voice health.

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“…When analyzing the relationship between the VAS scores and the voice handicap, the VHI‐10 questionnaire's overall score was dichotomized. We considered a cut‐off of 11 points based on previous studies in Spanish‐speaking population and people from other countries 21–24 . Because Ng et al 25 and Behlau et al 26 reported an alternative 7.5 points cut‐off when validating the Cantonese and Brazilian‐Portuguese versions of the VHI‐10, a sensitivity analysis 27 was performed using this alternative cut‐off.…”

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“…We considered a cut-off of 11 points based on previous studies in Spanish-speaking population and people from other countries. [21][22][23][24] Because Ng et al 25 and Behlau et al 26 reported an alternative 7.5 points cut-off when validating the Cantonese and Brazilian-Portuguese versions of the VHI-10, a sensitivity analysis 27 was performed using this alternative cutoff. Logistic regression models were built to assess the association between scores over 11 and 7.5 points, and each VAS as independent variables.…”

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Tracking Occupational Voice State with a Visual Analog Scale: Voice Quality, Vocal Fatigue, and Effort

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Background Due to elevated vocal health risk in industries such as call centers, there is a need to have accessible and quick self‐report tools for voice symptoms. This study aimed to determine if the concurrent and construct validity of three visual analog scales (VASs) of voice quality and symptoms could be used as a screening tool in call center agents. Methods A cross‐sectional study was carried out in three call center companies. The Voice Handicap Index‐10 (VHI‐10) and a vocal hygiene and symptoms survey were administered to 66 call center workers. Further, acoustic parameters including harmonics‐to‐noise ratio (HNR), smoothed cepstral peak prominence (CPPs), L1‐L0 slope, and Alpha ratio were collected. Finally, workers completed three VASs capturing self‐perception of vocal effort (VAS‐1), voice quality (VAS‐2), and vocal fatigue (VAS‐3). Linear regression models with bootstrapping evaluated the possible relationship between the three VASs measurements, self‐perceived vocal symptoms, and acoustic parameters. Results VAS‐1 scores were associated with HNR and voice breaks, VAS‐2 with voice breaks, and VAS‐3 with Alpha ratio. Using the area under a receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), the highest AUC for detecting an altered VHI‐10 questionnaire score was observed for the three VASs. Also, the highest AUC for detecting altered CPPs was reached for the VAS‐1. Conclusions VAS as a self‐report instrument of vocal symptoms is related to psychosocial voice impairment and alterations of acoustic voice parameters in call center workers. Such instruments could be easily implemented to identify voice complaints in these populations. Level of Evidence 2 (Diagnosis research question) Laryngoscope, 133:1676–1682, 2023

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Check-App Voice®: A Tool to Self-evaluate Dysphonia in Speaking Voice Among Teachers

Orlando

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Diano

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A Comparative Study Utilizing the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10) in Teachers and the General Population of Kuwait

Cited by 7 publications

References 37 publications

Vocal Handicap and Association With Physical Inactivity and Job Dissatisfaction Among Teachers

Vocal Handicap and Association With Physical Inactivity and Job Dissatisfaction Among Teachers

Tracking Occupational Voice State with a Visual Analog Scale: Voice Quality, Vocal Fatigue, and Effort

Check-App Voice®: A Tool to Self-evaluate Dysphonia in Speaking Voice Among Teachers

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