Voice handicap, vocal fatigue, and voice-related quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis.

IF 0.9 Q4 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

CoDAS Pub Date : 2025-02-03 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1590/2317-1782/e20230320pt

Raí Dos Santos Santiago, Jaya Miranda Carvalho de Araújo, Márcia Helena Cassago Nascimento, Carolina Fiorin Anhoque, Alana Tagarro Neves, Gabriel Trevizani Depolli, Bruno Batitucci Castrillo, Paula Zago Melo Dias, Regina Eliza Albano Vanzo, Carla Carvalho Nascimento, Valerio Garrone Barauna, Lívia Carla de Melo Rodrigues

{"title":"Voice handicap, vocal fatigue, and voice-related quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis.","authors":"Raí Dos Santos Santiago, Jaya Miranda Carvalho de Araújo, Márcia Helena Cassago Nascimento, Carolina Fiorin Anhoque, Alana Tagarro Neves, Gabriel Trevizani Depolli, Bruno Batitucci Castrillo, Paula Zago Melo Dias, Regina Eliza Albano Vanzo, Carla Carvalho Nascimento, Valerio Garrone Barauna, Lívia Carla de Melo Rodrigues","doi":"10.1590/2317-1782/e20230320pt","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: to describe sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with multiple sclerosis and correlate and compare vocal fatigue, voice handicap, and voice-related quality of life of individuals with and without the disease.Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study with 52 volunteers with multiple sclerosis and 52 control volunteers, matched by sex, age, and education level. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected through a questionnaire and medical record analysis. Participants responded to the reduced Voice Handicap Index (VHI-10), Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI), and Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL). Correlational and comparative analyses were performed, with a 5% significance level (p < 0.05).Results: There was a greater predominance of females diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, with a mean age of 40 years, who graduated from high school, and with a relapsing-remitting disease course. Voice handicap was positively correlated with vocal fatigue, and voice handicap and vocal fatigue were negatively correlated with voice-related quality of life in both groups. Participants with multiple sclerosis exceeded the VHI-10 and VFI cutoff scores and were below the V-RQOL cutoff score.Conclusion: There was a prevalence of the disease in young, educated females with relapsing-remitting disease. The greater the voice handicap and/or vocal fatigue, the lower the voice-related quality of life in both groups. However, people with multiple sclerosis self-reported greater voice handicap and vocal fatigue and poorer voice-related quality of life.","PeriodicalId":46547,"journal":{"name":"CoDAS","volume":"37 1","pages":"e20230320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11801195/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CoDAS","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-1782/e20230320pt","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Purpose: to describe sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with multiple sclerosis and correlate and compare vocal fatigue, voice handicap, and voice-related quality of life of individuals with and without the disease.

Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study with 52 volunteers with multiple sclerosis and 52 control volunteers, matched by sex, age, and education level. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected through a questionnaire and medical record analysis. Participants responded to the reduced Voice Handicap Index (VHI-10), Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI), and Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL). Correlational and comparative analyses were performed, with a 5% significance level (p < 0.05).

Results: There was a greater predominance of females diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, with a mean age of 40 years, who graduated from high school, and with a relapsing-remitting disease course. Voice handicap was positively correlated with vocal fatigue, and voice handicap and vocal fatigue were negatively correlated with voice-related quality of life in both groups. Participants with multiple sclerosis exceeded the VHI-10 and VFI cutoff scores and were below the V-RQOL cutoff score.

Conclusion: There was a prevalence of the disease in young, educated females with relapsing-remitting disease. The greater the voice handicap and/or vocal fatigue, the lower the voice-related quality of life in both groups. However, people with multiple sclerosis self-reported greater voice handicap and vocal fatigue and poorer voice-related quality of life.

查看原文本刊更多论文

目的：描述多发性硬化症患者的社会人口学特征，并对患者和非患者的发声疲劳、嗓音障碍以及与嗓音相关的生活质量进行关联和比较：方法：对 52 名患有多发性硬化症的志愿者和 52 名对照组志愿者进行横断面定量研究。通过问卷调查和病历分析收集社会人口学和临床数据。参与者对嗓音障碍指数（VHI-10）、嗓音疲劳指数（VFI）和与嗓音相关的生活质量（V-RQOL）进行了评估。进行了相关分析和比较分析，显著性水平为 5%（P < 0.05）：被诊断为多发性硬化症的患者以女性居多，平均年龄为 40 岁，高中毕业，病程为复发-缓解。两组患者的嗓音障碍与发声疲劳呈正相关，嗓音障碍和发声疲劳与嗓音相关的生活质量呈负相关。多发性硬化症患者的 VHI-10 和 VFI 临界值均高于 V-RQOL 临界值：结论：多发性硬化症在年轻、受过教育、患有复发性-缓解性疾病的女性中很普遍。在两组患者中，嗓音障碍和/或发声疲劳越严重，与嗓音相关的生活质量就越低。然而，多发性硬化症患者自我报告的嗓音障碍和发声疲劳程度更高，与嗓音相关的生活质量更低。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊