Distúrbios da voz relacionados ao trabalho e qualidade de vida em agentes comunitários de saúde

• Autor(a) principal: Mota, Camila Silva Oliveira da
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: http://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/8028
• topic: Distúrbios da voz; Agentes comunitários de saúde; Autoavaliação; Qualidade de vida; Voice disorders; Community health agents; Self-assessment; Quality of life

The Work-related Voice Disorder (WRVD) is defined as any vocal deviation directly associated with professional activity. Studies point to the relationship between some work activities attributed to Community Health Agents (CHA) and the susceptibility to the impairment of vocal well-being, since they deal with the users and other members of the Basic Health Unit. In this perspective, the study aimed to evaluate vocal self - perception and quality of life in the voice of CHA in the urban area of Lagarto. It is a quantitative and cross-sectional study, with a descriptive and analytical approach, performed through the application of self-filling questionnaires with 47 CHA. The majority of participants were female (85.1%), married (a) (46.8%), high school (66%) and working time = 10 years (66%). Voice self-perception and voice-related quality of life assessment were performed using the instruments: Voice Disorder Screening Index (VDSI), Glottic Function Index (GFI) and voice-related quality of life (VR-QOL). For the statistical analysis, the univariate and bivariate techniques and the Spearman test were used. Of the CHA participants, 57.4% reported voice disorders with the VDSI instrument, with the most frequent symptoms being dry throat, hoarseness, throat clearing, dry cough, throat secretion and Tiredness when speaking. Through the GFI questionnaire, 37% of the sample fulfilled the criteria that characterized them with a voice disorder, the most frequently mentioned symptoms being vocal fatigue and voice loss. The VR-QOL scores indicated low voice impact on the quality of life of these professionals. The most evident complaints through the VR-QOL in a higher and lower frequency were "the air ends quickly and I need to breathe many times while I speak", "I do not know how the voice will come out when I start to speak", "I have to repeat what I say to Be understood, "" I have difficulty speaking loudly or being heard in noisy environments, "and" I become anxious or frustrated (because of my voice)." In addition, statistically significant associations were found between dry throat symptoms, voice failure and tiredness when speaking with complaints related to quality of life in the CHA voice (p <0.05). It was concluded that there was a high reference to voice disorders among CHA, but with a low impact on voice quality of life.