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Vocal fatigue in professors at the beginning and end of the school year
Gabrieli Cristina Santos Cercal1, Antônio Leonardo de Paula1, Jaqueline Mendes Mendez Novis1
1Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste - UNICENTRO, Irati (PR), Brasil.
Purpose:
To characterize and to compare the perception of vocal fatigue in professors at the beginning and at the end of the school year.
Methods:
Observational, analytical, prospective cohort study was carried out. A total of 115 professors participated with a mean age of 40 years old, 71 women and 44 men, employees of 28 higher education institutions in the south and southeast regions of Brazil. All answered to the Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI) at the beginning (February or March) and at the end (October or November) of the Brazilian school year. The VFI results for both assessed moments were statistically compared (p<0.05).
Results:
The professors' mean scores obtained in the factors of tiredness of voice and avoidance of voice use (p<0.001) and improvement of symptoms with rest (p=0.001) increased at the end of the school year.
Conclusion:
Professors reported higher perception of vocal fatigue at the end of the school year, which influenced the avoidance of voice use and improvement of symptoms with the rest.
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