Hoarseness in School-Aged Children and Effectiveness of Voice Therapy in International Classification of Functioning Framework

Caracterização de aspectos fonoaudiológicos segundo as categorias da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde para Crianças e Jovens (CIF-CJ)

“…The literature presents studies that have also used the qualifiers indicated to the ICF-CY Body Functions component to describe patients with SLP disorders. In a research conducted with schoolchildren with hoarseness, among the categories selected as the most affected, the only one that coincides with those of the present study was Voice functions (b310) (13) . An international integrative review of the literature that aimed to identify articles describing characteristics of children who had a stroke using the ICF structure, found that, within the Body Functions component, the most commonly reported categories were those in Chapter b1 (mental functions), a finding also verified in the present study, and Chapter b7 (neuromusculoskeletal and movement-related functions) (12) .…”

“…With respect to the Body Functions component, almost half of the pre-selected categories were contemplated in this study. This number was higher than those found in other reviews and original articles previously published, with respective selection of two (12) , three (13) , seven (8) , and twelve (14) categories. Other studies found a larger number of categories: seventeen (15) and thirty (16) .…”

“…In the aforementioned study, the frequency of complaints was also verified before and after speech therapy, with a reduction in the number of references in all ICF-CY selected categories, indicating that this classification may be of great assistance in the pre-and post-intervention analyses and in the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy (13) .…”

“…Among the categories selected in the present study, the ones that were most frequently described in previous studies were those related to hearing functions (b230) (8,14,15,17) , specific mental functions (b140) (8,16) , (b144) (8,16) , (b156) (14,15) , and voice functions (b310) (13,15) .…”

“…In a research conducted with parents of schoolchildren who presented hoarseness, the categories of the Activities and Participation component mentioned as the most affected were those associated with Communication (d330 -Speaking and d350 -Conversation), Particular interpersonal relationships (d750 -Informal social relationships and d760 -Family relationships), School education (d820), and Recreation and leisure (d920) (13) . When compared to the findings of the present study, distinct results were verified for all categories except for d820.…”