Síndrome disfônica ocupacional: novos aspectos desta entidade nosológica

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Sandra Irene Cubas de [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Pontes, Paulo [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1809-48722010000300012; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/5892
• topic: dysphonia; preventive medicine; hoarseness; disfonia; medicina preventiva; rouquidão

INTRODUCTION: Teachers often have vocal disorders that benefit from preventive measures. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of the syndrome in dysphonic teachers and check the evolution of this index with the techniques of primary prevention. METHOD: We performed a cross-sectional study of teachers in two different periods: in the first 101 teachers and participated in phase 2, 148 teachers. These two groups was administered the questionnaire prepared by the tripartite commission on regulation of the professional voice. RESULTS: The prevalence of the syndrome dysphonic in the first phase was 70.3%, while the second stage was 57.59%. CONCLUSION: 1st dysphonic the prevalence of the syndrome was significantly decreased with the implementation of preventive and medical control of work organization. 2nd dysphonic syndrome is a new nosological entity. Cross-sectional epidemiological study. Study series.