Curso de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES - Vitória (ES), Brasil.
Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES - Vitória (ES), Brasil.
Codas. 2021 Jul 23;33(5):e20200174. doi: 10.1590/2317-1782/20202020174. eCollection 2021.
To identify and correlate vocal fatigue and voice-related quality of life in university professors and verify possible differences between genders.
This is a cross-sectional, observational, and analytical study approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the institution under number 1,708,786. The Voice Fatigue Index (VFI) and the Voice Related Quality of Life (VRQOL) were applied to 126 university professors, 71 women and 55 men, with an average age of 43 years. Scores were calculated using the formula for each protocol and statistical analysis was performed using Spearman's Correlation.
Regarding the VFI, the average score found for factors 1, 2 and 3 were 13.78, 4.05 and 7.93, respectively. As for VRQOL, professors had an average global score of 91.90; 88.49 for the physical domain and 97.02 for the socioemotional domain. There was a negative weak to strong correlation between the protocols. There was no statistical difference between genders for both VFI and VRQOL.
University professors have good levels of voice related quality of life, but self-reported vocal fatigue, with no differences between genders. The lower the vocal fatigue is, the higher is the voice related quality of life, and vice versa.
识别和关联大学教授的嗓音疲劳和与嗓音相关的生活质量，并验证性别之间可能存在的差异。
这是一项经过机构伦理委员会批准的横断面、观察性和分析性研究，编号为 1,708,786。应用嗓音疲劳指数（VFI）和嗓音相关生活质量（VRQOL）对 126 名大学教授进行评估，其中 71 名为女性，55 名为男性，平均年龄为 43 岁。使用每个方案的公式计算得分，并使用 Spearman 相关进行统计分析。
关于 VFI，发现因素 1、2 和 3 的平均得分分别为 13.78、4.05 和 7.93。至于 VRQOL，教授的总体平均得分为 91.90；生理领域为 88.49，社会情感领域为 97.02。两个方案之间存在负弱到强的相关性。VFI 和 VRQOL 两个方案在性别方面均无统计学差异。
大学教授具有良好的嗓音相关生活质量，但自我报告的嗓音疲劳在性别之间没有差异。嗓音疲劳越低，嗓音相关生活质量越高，反之亦然。
