Smoking has detrimental effects on voice related Quality of Life of University Teachers.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI:10.12669/pjms.40.8.8631

Maham Mehmood, Nazia Mumtaz, Ghulam Saqulain

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Abstract

Objective: To compare voice related quality of life of smoker and non-smoker university teachers.

Method: This Cross-Sectional descriptive study was conducted at Riphah International University over a period of six months January to June, 2022. A sample of N=352 University teachers of both genders, aged 25 to 65 years, who were faculty members and working at least 8 hours per day in teaching positions with at least one-year experience were included in the study. Demographic sheet, Voice Related Quality of Life (VRQOL) and Voice Handicap Index (VHI) were used for data collection and analysis conducted on SPSS Version 21. Mean scores of VRQOL and VHI for smokers and non-smokers were compared using Mann Whitney U Test. & Spearman's correlation was utilized to determine any association between the tool scores. P<0.01 was considered significant.

Results: Results reveal that the mean score of Voice related quality of life scale was significantly (p=0.000) higher in smokers compared to non-smokers indicating worse voice quality in smokers. Similarly, voice handicap index scores were much higher in smokers (p=0.000) indicating more handicap in the smokers.

Conclusion: The study concludes that smoking has a detrimental effect on voice and voice related quality of life of university teachers and voice related quality of life as determined by VRQOL scale is significantly better in non-smokers.

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吸烟对大学教师与嗓音相关的生活质量有不利影响。

目的：比较吸烟和不吸烟大学教师的嗓音生活质量：比较吸烟和不吸烟大学教师与嗓音有关的生活质量：这项横断面描述性研究于 2022 年 1 月至 6 月在里法国际大学进行，为期六个月。研究样本包括 N=352 名大学教师，男女不限，年龄在 25 岁至 65 岁之间，均为教职员工，每天在教学岗位上工作至少 8 小时，至少有一年的工作经验。研究使用人口统计学表、嗓音相关生活质量（VRQOL）和嗓音障碍指数（VHI）收集数据，并使用 SPSS 21 版进行分析。吸烟者和非吸烟者的嗓音相关生活质量（VRQOL）和嗓音障碍指数（VHI）的平均得分采用曼-惠特尼 U 检验法进行比较。结果结果显示，与非吸烟者相比，吸烟者的嗓音相关生活质量量表平均得分明显较高（P=0.000），表明吸烟者的嗓音质量较差。同样，吸烟者的嗓音障碍指数得分也更高（P=0.000），表明吸烟者的嗓音障碍更严重：研究得出结论：吸烟对大学教师的嗓音和与嗓音相关的生活质量有不利影响，而根据 VRQOL 量表确定的与嗓音相关的生活质量在非吸烟者中明显更好。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.