Mehmood Maham, Mumtaz Nazia, Saqulain Ghulam
Maham Mehmood, MS (SLP) Speech Language Pathologist, MS (SLP Scholar) Riphah International University, Lahore Pakistan.
Nazia Mumtaz, PhD (Rehabilitation Medicine) Head of Department & Professor, Department of Speech Language Pathology, Faculty of Allied health Sciences, Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Pak J Med Sci. 2024 Sep;40(8):1759-1764. doi: 10.12669/pjms.40.8.8631.
To compare voice related quality of life of smoker and non-smoker university teachers.
This Cross-Sectional descriptive study was conducted at Riphah International University over a period of six months January to June, 2022. A sample of N=352 University teachers of both genders, aged 25 to 65 years, who were faculty members and working at least 8 hours per day in teaching positions with at least one-year experience were included in the study. Demographic sheet, Voice Related Quality of Life (VRQOL) and Voice Handicap Index (VHI) were used for data collection and analysis conducted on SPSS Version 21. Mean scores of VRQOL and VHI for smokers and non-smokers were compared using Mann Whitney U Test. & Spearman's correlation was utilized to determine any association between the tool scores. P<0.01 was considered significant.
Results reveal that the mean score of Voice related quality of life scale was significantly (p=0.000) higher in smokers compared to non-smokers indicating worse voice quality in smokers. Similarly, voice handicap index scores were much higher in smokers (p=0.000) indicating more handicap in the smokers.
The study concludes that smoking has a detrimental effect on voice and voice related quality of life of university teachers and voice related quality of life as determined by VRQOL scale is significantly better in non-smokers.
比较吸烟与不吸烟的大学教师的嗓音相关生活质量。
这项横断面描述性研究于2022年1月至6月在里法国际大学进行，为期六个月。研究纳入了N = 352名年龄在25至65岁之间的男女大学教师样本，他们均为教员，每天至少从事8小时教学工作且至少有一年教学经验。使用人口统计学表格、嗓音相关生活质量（VRQOL）和嗓音障碍指数（VHI）进行数据收集，并在SPSS 21版本上进行分析。使用曼-惠特尼U检验比较吸烟者和非吸烟者的VRQOL和VHI平均得分。使用斯皮尔曼相关性分析来确定工具得分之间的任何关联。P < 0.01被认为具有统计学意义。
结果显示，吸烟者的嗓音相关生活质量量表平均得分显著高于非吸烟者（p = 0.000），表明吸烟者的嗓音质量更差。同样，吸烟者的嗓音障碍指数得分也高得多（p = 0.000），表明吸烟者的嗓音障碍更严重。
该研究得出结论，吸烟对大学教师的嗓音及嗓音相关生活质量有不利影响，由VRQOL量表确定的嗓音相关生活质量在非吸烟者中明显更好。
