A voz do professor: relação entre distúrbio vocal e fatores psicossociais do trabalho

• Autor(a) principal: Thomé, Célia Regina
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_SP
• Texto Completo: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/12149
• topic: Distúrbio vocal; Stress; Condições de trabalho; Disturbios da voz; Stress ocupacional; Voz; Voice Disorders; Working conditions; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FONOAUDIOLOGIA

This study aims at assessing the interrelation between the existence of vocal disturbances and work psychosocial factors related to the psychological demand and control over the work of public school teachers in the city of Salvador. Method: a Transversal epidemiological study. A standardized questionary was used for the collectin of information, as well as a vocal assessment on 461 fundamental, secondary and Early Childhood Education teachers in 24 schools in the municipality of Salvador. Results: The prevalence of vocal disturbance of 56.6% among the teachers studied. The study in high demand (low control and high demand) concentrated the highest frequencies of the faculty with moderate and severe vocal disturbance. The characteristics most frequently indicated by the teachers concerning the psycological demand in work situations were: long concentration periods, depence on the work of others which lead to the slowdown of the overall work and exposition to conflincting demands. The most frequentenly referred characteristics of control over work were: The possbility of taking decisons and opine at the workplace, autonomy on the fulfillment of tasks, be creative and boast a high level of abilities. It was perceived that the factors that associate both posively and statiscally significant to the moderate and severe vocal disturbance were: be a educator for more than 20 years old, be between 51 and 56 years old, teach on a double shift basis, namely Early Childhood or fundamental I and fundamental II or secondary education. Conclusions: The results show that the vocal wellbeing is influenced by the educator s working conditions