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Psychological effects of dysphonia in voice professionals
Ziya Salturk1, Tolgar Lutfi Kumral1, Imran Aydoğdu1
1ENT Clinic, Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Objectives/Hypothesis:
To evaluate the psychological effects of dysphonia in voice professionals compared to non-voice professionals and in both genders.
Study Design:
Cross-sectional analysis.
Methods:
Forty-eight 48 voice professionals and 52 non-voice professionals with dysphonia were included in this study. All participants underwent a complete ear, nose, and throat examination and an evaluation for pathologies that might affect vocal quality. Participants were asked to complete the Turkish versions of the Voice Handicap Index-30 (VHI-30), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). HADS scores were evaluated as HADS-A (anxiety) and HADS-D (depression). Dysphonia status was evaluated by grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, and strain (GRBAS) scale perceptually. The results were compared statistically.
Results:
Significant differences between the two groups were evident when the VHI-30 and PSS data were compared (P = .00001 and P = .00001, respectively). However, neither HADS score (HADS-A and HADS-D) differed between groups. An analysis of the scores in terms of sex revealed that females had significantly higher PSS scores (P = .006). The GRBAS scale revealed no difference between groups (P = .819, .931, .803, .655, and .803, respectively). No between-sex differences in the VHI-30 or HADS scores were evident
Conclusions:
We found that voice professionals and females experienced more stress and were more dissatisfied with their voices.
Level Of Evidence:
4.
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