The Health-related Quality of Life and Voice Handicap Index in Recovered COVID-19 Patients in Comparison to Healthy Subjects

IF 2.4 4区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Journal of Voice Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.05.003

Seyyedeh Maryam Khoddami , Samira Aghadoost , Mahshid Aghajanzadeh , Yasamin Molazeinal

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Abstract

Introduction

COVID-19 has various long-lasting effects on different aspects of health and life. This study aimed to evaluate the general health and voice-related quality of life (QOL) and assess their correlation in patients with COVID-19 compared to healthy people.

Study design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Methods

Sixty-eight subjects (with a mean age of 40.07 ± 5.62 years) participated in two groups including 34 recovered-COVID-19 patients and 34 healthy subjects. All participants completed the Persian version of Short Form 36 (SF-36) and Voice Handicap Index (VHI). The patients were assessed two months after recovery when they were discharged from the hospital.

Results

The results showed the COVID-19 patients got significantly lower scores in all subcategories and two main components of SF-36 compared to the healthy group (P < 0.005). Also, the patients held significantly higher results in VHI and its subscales (P < 0.005). A significant correlation was observed between the physical and mental component summary (PCS and MCS) of SF-36 with a total score of VHI in the COVID-19 patients.

Conclusion

COVID-19 has negative consequences on various aspects of general health and voice-related QOL. Two months after recovery from COVID-19, the patients had the worst scores in all subscales of SF-36 and also, decreased physical, emotional, and functional voice-related QOL which reveals the persistent effect of COVID-19 even after recovery. The general health and voice-related QOL had a noticeable correlation in recovered COVID-19 patients that demonstrates the effect of voice quality in different aspects of life.

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COVID-19康复患者与健康人群的健康相关生活质量和语音障碍指数比较

covid -19对健康和生活的不同方面产生各种长期影响。本研究旨在评估COVID-19患者的总体健康状况和语音相关生活质量（QOL），并评估它们与健康人的相关性。研究设计：这是一项横断面研究。方法68例患者（平均年龄40.07±5.62岁）分为两组，其中34例新冠肺炎患者痊愈，34例健康者。所有参与者都完成了波斯语版本的简表36 （SF-36）和语音障碍指数（VHI）。这些患者在康复两个月后出院时接受评估。结果与健康组相比，新冠肺炎患者SF-36各亚类及两项主要成分得分均显著降低（P < 0.005）。此外，患者在VHI及其亚量表上的结果也明显更高（P < 0.005）。SF-36生理和心理成分汇总（PCS和MCS）与新冠肺炎患者VHI总分存在显著相关性。结论新型冠状病毒肺炎对患者总体健康和语音相关生活质量均有负面影响。在COVID-19康复两个月后，患者在SF-36的所有亚量表中得分最低，并且身体，情绪和功能性语音相关的生活质量下降，这表明COVID-19即使在康复后也持续存在影响。在康复的COVID-19患者中，总体健康状况和语音相关的生活质量存在显著相关性，这表明语音质量在生活的不同方面都有影响。

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Journal of Voice 医学-耳鼻喉科学

CiteScore

4.00

自引率

13.60%

发文量

395

审稿时长

59 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Voice is widely regarded as the world''s premiere journal for voice medicine and research. This peer-reviewed publication is listed in Index Medicus and is indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information. The journal contains articles written by experts throughout the world on all topics in voice sciences, voice medicine and surgery, and speech-language pathologists'' management of voice-related problems. The journal includes clinical articles, clinical research, and laboratory research. Members of the Foundation receive the journal as a benefit of membership.