Vocal symptoms in university professors: their association with vocal resources and with work environment

Nayara Ribeirogomes; Leticia Caldas Teixeira; Adriane Mesquita de Medeiros

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Tipo:	Artigo de Periódico
Título:	Vocal symptoms in university professors: their association with vocal resources and with work environment
Autor(es):	Nayara Ribeirogomes Leticia Caldas Teixeira Adriane Mesquita de Medeiros
Resumo:	Aim. Investigating the association among vocal symptoms, vocal resources, and work environment in university professors. Methods. Online questionnaire answered by 334 professors from a federal public university in Belo Horizonte County, Brazil. The questionnaire addressed sociodemographic data, self-perception about one's voice, vocal resources and work environment, and included the Vocal Signs and Symptoms Questionnaire. Professors present ing five or more vocal symptoms were compared to those who reported fewer symptoms. The association between the number of symptoms and the other variables was assessed through univariate and multivariate logistic regres sion analyses. Results. The mean of symptoms reported by the herein investigated professors was 3.1 (SD § 2.75); 24% (n = 82) of them reported five or more vocal symptoms. Factors such as female sex, incidence of noise, high speaking rate, as well as high fundamental frequency and loud voice, were associated with the incidence of five or more vocal symptoms. Conclusions. University professors belonging to the female sex, who perceive the noise in the work environ ment as unsatisfactory, speak fast, or present high fundamental frequency and loud voice reported the largest number of vocal symptoms. It is recommended developing education programs focused on raising professors’ awareness about voice-related risk factors and about the importance of improving their communicative performance.
Assunto:	Professores Voz Comunicação Distúrbios da Voz Saúde Ocupacional
Idioma:	eng
País:	Brasil
Editor:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição:	UFMG
Departamento:	MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE FONOAUDIOLOGIA MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE OFTALMOLOGIA E OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Tipo de Acesso:	Acesso Restrito
Identificador DOI:	10.1016/j.jvoice.2018.10.010
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/54359
Data do documento:	24-Out-2018
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892199718302017?via%3Dihub
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Journal of Voice
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo de Periódico

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