Journal article
Work-Related Determinants of Voice Complaints Among School Workers: An Eleven-Month Follow-Up Study
American journal of speech-language pathology, Vol.25(4), pp.590-597
11/01/2016
DOI: 10.1044/2016_AJSLP-14-0191
PMID: 27701624
Abstract
Purpose: We determined the natural course of voice complaints among school workers and established the risk factors associated with incidence and chronic voice complaints.
Method: We conducted a longitudinal study with an 11-month follow-up among 682 school workers. Participants filled out a questionnaire on individual and work-related conditions and the nature and severity of voice complaints. All participants who provided baseline data were contacted in the 11-month follow-up, if they were still working in the school. Short-term environmental measurements of physical work-related factors were conducted during visits at the workplaces. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine associations between work-related factors and voice complaints.
Results: We found a high occurrence of chronic voice complaints, a low recovery of 22%, and an annual incidence of 44%. A self-reported high noise level at the workplace was associated with the incidence of voice complaints (odds ratio = 2.45). Self-reported poor acoustics in the classroom was associated with chronic voice complaints (odds ratio = 1.76).
Conclusions: This unique longitudinal study among school workers presented some indications that self-reported high noise levels may contribute to the incidence of voice complaints, whereas self-reported poor acoustic conditions may be an important associated factor of chronic voice complaints.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Work-Related Determinants of Voice Complaints Among School Workers: An Eleven-Month Follow-Up Study
- Creators
- Catherine Cantor Cutiva - Univ Med Ctr, Dept Publ Hlth, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, NetherlandsAlex Burdorf - Erasmus MC
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of speech-language pathology, Vol.25(4), pp.590-597
- DOI
- 10.1044/2016_AJSLP-14-0191
- PMID
- 27701624
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Speech Lang Pathol
- ISSN
- 1058-0360
- eISSN
- 1558-9110
- Publisher
- Amer Speech-Language-Hearing Assoc
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Departamento Administrativo de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion-Colombia European Commission; European Union (EU); European Commission Joint Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Record Identifier
- 9984561515402771
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