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Identifier

000366669

Title

Φωνητικά προβλήματα εκπαιδευτικών πρωτοβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης στην Ελλάδα

Alternative Title

Voice problems of kindergarten teachers in Greece.

Author

Χελιδόνη, Μερόπη

Thesis advisor

Βελεγράκης, Γεώργιος

Reviewer

Κουγιουμουτζάκης Ιωάννης

Abstract

Aim The study of voice problems in kindergarten teachers in Heraklion, Crete. Methodology In the study for the translation and the cultural adaptation of the VHI from English into Greek 67 subjects with voice problems participated. The control group consisted of 79 subjects without voice problems. Then, the Greek VHI and the “Professional Voice Profile” were given to a sample of 200 kindergarten teachers in Heraklion, Crete, of which 151 were filled in (75,5%). For the control group 102 nurses were used, who served at various Departments at the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete. In addition, noise measurements were carried out in kindergartens in Heraklion, Crete in order to examine the level of noise in the classrooms. The collection of data took place between May 2007 and June 2008. The study was approved by the Ethics and Deontology Committee of the Medical School of the University of Crete, Greece. Results The Greek translation of the VHI is a valid and reliable assessment of patients’ self-perception of voice handicap. In this study, a control group and a voice-disordered group demonstrated that the Greek VHI significantly discriminated between the two groups of subjects. The results showed that kindergarten teachers had higher VHI scores in the physical and the emotional subscales, as well as, in the total sum of the VHI as compared to nurses. There is a difference in certain factors that may be responsible for the appearance of voice problems in kindergarten teachers and in nurses. Regarding kindergarten teachers these factors are more related to voice use, whereas for the nurses they are more related to vocal hygiene. The risk factors that affect the voice of kindergarten teachers are direct and indirect. The direct factors are loud voice and the time spent on the phone daily. The indirect factors are reflux, infections of the upper respiratory tract, and lack of adequate 139 hydration. The time spent on the phone daily, reflux and infections of the upper respiratory tract were also found to affect the voice of nurses. Conclusions Application of the Greek VHI provides an additional valid tool for the clinician to understand the manner in which patients perceive their voice problem. Further work with the Greek VHI may show that this assessment tool can provide valid and reliable outcome data when used before and after treatments. According to the Greek VHI, kindergarten teachers present more self-reported voice problems as compared to nurses. Kindergarten teachers use their voice more intensely at work as compared to nurses. Apart from loud voice use by kindergarten teachers that contributed to voice problems, additional risk factors were lack of adequate hydration, reflux and infections of the upper respiratory tract.

Language

Greek

Subject

Nurses

Otorhinolaryngology.

Problems voice

Professional voice profil

kindergarten teachers

Δείκτης φωνητικής δυσχέρειας

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Νηπιαγωγός

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