Prevalence of Voice Disorders and Associated Risk Factors in Teachers and Nonteachers in Iran

Seifpanahi, Sadegh; Izadi, Farzad; Jamshidi, Aliashraf; Torabinezhad, Farhad; Sarrafzadeh, Javad; Sobhani-Rad, Davood; Ganjuie, Majid

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2015.05.019

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“…In contrast to the finding of the survey that corroborates past literature indicating that women have a higher prevalence of voice disorders than men, Seifpanahi et al (2016) found no significant difference between mean scores of self-reported voice complaints among women and men teachers and nonteachers. This inconsistency may have been ascribed to the small sample size of Seifpanahi's et al (2016) study which may have resulted in less power to demonstrate statistically significant differences between reported voice problems in males and females.…”

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“…Behlau, et al (2012) examined the frequency of voice disorders in Brazilian teachers and reported that women teachers had generally a higher incidence of voice disorders across the age span compared to men. In addition, Smith, et al, (1998) explored the relationship between voice problems and coursework in teachers and stated that female teachers more frequently reported a voice problem (38% versus 26%) for every type of course taught than males. Furthermore, Houtte, et al, (2011) reported that women teachers who participated in their study self-reported a significantly higher number of voice problems than male teachers (38% vs 13.2%).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In contrast to the numerous studies that demonstrate that women in various occupations such as teachers, university professors and others may have a higher prevalence of voice disorders than men, minimal literature showed no significant differences in the prevalence of voice disorders between males and females. Seifpanahi, et al, (2016) looked into the prevalence of voice disorders among teachers and nonteachers in Iran and found no significant differences between mean scores of self-reported voice problems among women and men.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to the multiple studies exploring the prevalence of voice disorders in females and males, sparse literature exists in investigating the impact of voice disorders on females' and males' occupational performance. Smith et al, (1998) reported that female teachers were more likely to report that voice problems (e.g., a lower voice, weak voice, tired and effortful voice and breathy voice, etc.) reduced their teaching activities than male teachers (44% women vs 34% men).…”

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Risk and Prevalence of Self-Perceived Voice Disorders in Male and Female University Professors

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Petinou²,

Phinikettos³

et al. 2018

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Purpose:The aim of this survey was to explore risk factors and prevalence of voice disorders in male and female university professors in order to determine the need for a gender specific preventative vocal hygiene education program which could improve their occupational performance. Methods: An online survey was filled out by 102 female and 94 male university professors from 12 universities in Cyprus. The survey obtained information on risk factors that may lead to voice problems related to general health, voice use, lifestyle, and environment, as well as, the self-perceived severity of a participant's voice difficulty. The chi-squared test was applied to investigate the differences in answers for each voice risk factor between male and female professors. The prevalence of self-perceived voice disorders in males and females was also calculated. Results: The estimated prevalence of self-perceived voice disorders was 43.1% for female and 26.6% for male professors. Female professors were more likely to "frequently" experience respiratory infections, "sometimes" speak over their natural breath cycle, and "always" and "frequently" have stress and anxiety than males. Female faculty were also more likely to have breaks between classes that last less than 30 minutes. Conclusions: Risk factors for developing voice disorders in female professors are related to health, voice use and lifestyle. Therefore, a preventative gender specific vocal hygiene education program is recommended for female faculty.

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Risk and Prevalence of Self-Perceived Voice Disorders in Male and Female University Professors

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“…Voice disorder is a common human condition occurring across all age groups, in women more frequently than men (Roy, Merrill, Gray, & Smith, 2005) and in occupational voice populations more often than non-occupational voice populations (Seifpanahi et al, 2016). Research on voice disorder has been predominantly from within a medical model.…”

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The Stakeholder Model of voice research: Acknowledging barriers to human rights of all stakeholders in a communicative exchange

Madill

Warhurst

McCabe

2017

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

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The prevalence and risk factors for perceived voice disorders in public school teachers

Feng¹,

Weng²,

Cai³

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Methods: This study was conducted from September 14 to 18, 2020 at public kindergarten and elementary schools in Xiamen, China. A total of 3140 teachers were separated into a perceived voice disorder group (PVD) and no perceived voice disorder group (NPVD) according to the Voice Handicap Index. The chi-square test was applied to explore the differences between the PVD and NPVD groups. The univariate logistic regression models were used to identify the risk factors in terms of unadjusted odds ratio and 95% confidence interval. Stepwise logistic regression was then used to ascertain independent determinants. Results:We found that the prevalence of PVD was 47.52%. The results showed that risk factors of PVD included being female (OR = 1.574), middle-rank technical title and higher (OR = 2.199), continuous lecturing for more than 3 classes (OR = 3.034), lectured more than 10 classes a week (OR = 1.436) and taught art or physical education (OR = 1.742).Conclusions: Teachers' work-related characteristics were associated with PVD. This proves that a preventive voice care program for teachers, administered by the school or education bureau, is urgent. This could include components such as the reasonable arrangement of timetables and recruitment of a sufficient number of kindergarten and elementary school teachers.

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Prevalence of Voice Disorders and Associated Risk Factors in Teachers and Nonteachers in Iran

Cited by 41 publications

References 39 publications

Risk and Prevalence of Self-Perceived Voice Disorders in Male and Female University Professors

Risk and Prevalence of Self-Perceived Voice Disorders in Male and Female University Professors

The Stakeholder Model of voice research: Acknowledging barriers to human rights of all stakeholders in a communicative exchange

The prevalence and risk factors for perceived voice disorders in public school teachers

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