Tabagismo e ingesta alcoólica: prevalência em professores, teleoperadores, cantores e atores

• Autor(a) principal: Puhl, Andréia Estér
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• 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/12277
• topic: Voz; Tabagismo; Bebidas alcoólicas; Voice; Smoking; Alcoholic beverages; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FONOAUDIOLOGIA

INTRODUCTION: For professionals who have the voice as their main tool of work, the vocal welfare is very relevant. Habits such as smoking and alcohol intake may influence negatively the vocal health of these individuals. OBJECTIVE: To determine and compare the prevalence of smoking and alcohol use among teachers, call center operators, singers and actors. METHODS: The sample was composed by voice professionals of the database of the group of researchers from the Clinic of Vocal Arts at Santa Casa, São Paulo. A questionnaire of Identification of Vocal Health Habits was answered by 400 subjects, divided into: 100 teachers; 100 call center operators; 100 singers and 100 actors. The total group was formed by 235 were women and 165 men, mean age 30.3 years. For this study two questions that investigate smoking and alcohol consumption were selected. RESULTS: In the group of 400 subjects, 19.4% were smokers, 26.1% men and 14.5% women. The alcohol consumption was reported by 43.8% of the participants, 49.7% men and 39.7% women. The group with higher prevalence of smoking and alcohol intake was aging between 16-25 years, 46.2% and 40.6% respectively. The prevalence of smoking for call center operators was 25%, for actors, 24%, teachers, 18% and singers 11%. Regarding gender the prevalence of smoking was higher in male call center operators (38.2%). Cigarette smoking, according to profession and age, was more prevalent among actors (35.7%) aging between 36-45 years. The alcohol intake was reported by the actors (55%), call center operators (45%), singers (40%) and teachers (35%). The alcohol intake considering gender was higher among male actors (64.7%) and aging between 36-45 years it was 71.4%. CONCLUSION: Among the four groups of voice professionals analyzed, smoking prevalence was higher in the group of call center operators and related to alcohol intake the prevalence was higher in the group of actors