Frequency and effects of teachers' voice problems

Smith, Elaine; Gray, Steven D.; Dove, Heather; Kirchner, Lester; Heras, Heidi A.

doi:10.1016/s0892-1997(97)80027-6

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“…A auto-avaliação vocal geralmente indica satisfação com a voz e merece refl exão, pois a literatura 19 dispõe que, dentre os profi ssionais da voz falada, a categoria docente é a que apresenta maior prevalência de alterações vocais e disfonias. Além disso, estudos 11 relatam a ocorrência de vozes alteradas e difi culdades ao falar em professores que as avaliam favoravelmente.…”

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Qualidade de vida e saúde vocal de professores

2007

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RESULTADOS:A maioria avaliou a voz como boa (42,2%) e o escore médio do questionário de avaliação de qualidade de vida foi 66, com maiores valores do domínio relações sociais e menores do meio ambiente. Os aspectos associados foram oportunidades de lazer, condições fi nanceiras, ambiente de trabalho e acesso à informação. O número de períodos lecionados apresentou correlação positiva e signifi cativa com a auto-avaliação vocal. Não houve diferença signifi cativa entre os gêneros. Houve diferenças signifi cativas no domínio físico, quando comparados os resultados das diferentes escolas. CONCLUSÕES:Apesar de razoavelmente satisfeitos com a voz e a qualidade de vida, os professores mostraram difi culdades na percepção do processo saúde-doença. Evidenciaram-se aspectos desfavorecidos da qualidade de vida e necessidades de saúde que podem ter implicações na voz e saúde vocal docente. DESCRITORES ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE:To evaluate aspects of teachers' quality of life and describe associated factors to their vocal health. METHODS:A sample comprising 128 high school teachers from four state schools in the city of Rio Claro, Southeastern Brazil, was studied in 2002.

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Qualidade de vida e saúde vocal de professores

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“…10,11,13 This is a worrying situation, since such absences were of the order of 30%. The mean number of days off work or absent appears to be sufficient time for the voice to return to the minimum condition for working, but probably without full recovery, which may make it easier for new alterations to emerge.…”

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“…This has also been observed in studies on professional categories attended at voice rehabilitation services. 10,12 In the United States, teachers present a mean of twice the number of negative vocal symptoms and physical discomfort as presented by professionals with less demand on their voices. 10 In Brazil, teachers who took part in a large study in the State of São Paulo reported a mean of two negative vocal symptoms.…”

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“…10,12 In the United States, teachers present a mean of twice the number of negative vocal symptoms and physical discomfort as presented by professionals with less demand on their voices. 10 In Brazil, teachers who took part in a large study in the State of São Paulo reported a mean of two negative vocal symptoms. 4 There is no consensus in the literature regarding the majority of factors associated with the presence of voice alterations.…”

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“…4,7,[10][11][12] Educators of children who attended crèches perform teaching activities, but there are no Brazilian studies on voice alterations among this group. Therefore, the objective of the present work was to investigate the prevalence of voice alterations among crèche educators and their relationship with self-reported voice alterations.…”

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Prevalência de alteração vocal em educadoras e sua relação com a auto-percepção

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2006

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OBJECTIVE: To verify the prevalence of self-reported voice alteration among educators in crèches, and associated factors. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional observational study carried out in 2000, in eight crèches in the city of São Paulo at which actions within the Crèche Program were being developed. This program formed part of the health promotion activities of a speech therapy investigation laboratory. The data collection was done by means of a questionnaire that was filled out by 93 educators, with questions on sociodemographic characteristics, aspects of the organization and physical environment of the work, habitual voice utilization, history of illnesses, lifestyle and perceptions regarding voice alterations. Assessment of hearing perception was done on the participants' voices. The statistical analysis utilized proportions, central trend measurements, Chisquare test with Yates correction and multiple logistic regression analysis.

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