de Alvear Rosa M Bermúdez, Martínez-Arquero Ginés, Barón F Javier, Hernández-Mendo Antonio
Radiology and Physical Medicine, Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology Department, Medical Faculty, Málaga, Spain. bermudez @ uma.es
Folia Phoniatr Logop. 2010;62(1-2):24-34. doi: 10.1159/000239060. Epub 2010 Jan 8.
The goals of this epidemiological paper are focused on studying teachers' vocal complaints, their voice pattern, and the impact of voice disorders on psychosocial working conditions.
A representative stratified random sample of 282 teachers from kindergartens and elementary schools was studied. Two types of self-report questionnaires were applied: an inquiry about teachers' occupational voice profile, and the adapted Spanish version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (ISTAS-21). Pearson's chi(2) test was performed to search for statistical associations.
62.7% of subjects were experiencing occupational voice disorders; these teachers showed significantly worse psychosocial conditions than their healthy voice colleagues.
Occupational voice disorders affect more than 60% of teachers and have an impact on their psychosocial working conditions. Interdisciplinary work is essential to shed light on these multifactor mechanisms and effects.
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