The Risk Factors Related to Voice Disorder in Teachers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Literature Review
2.1.1. Pubmed
2.1.2. Web of Science
2.1.3. EBSCO (ASC, CINAHL, Medline)
2.2 Literature Selection Criteria
2.3 Quality Assessment
2.4 Meta-Analysis
2.4.1. Effect Size Estimation and Interpretation
2.4.2. Homogeneity Test
2.4.3. Publication Bias Test
3. Results
3.1. General Characteristics of Literature
3.2. Results of Quality Assessment
3.3. Definition of Voice Disorders
3.4. Health Level Assessment
3.5 Risk Factors of Teachers’ Voice Disorders
3.5.1. Sociodemographic Factors and Health Behaviors
3.5.2. Health Factors
3.5.3. Diseases Associated with Voice Disorders
3.5.4. Occupational Environment
3.5.5. Subjective Voice Problem Recognition
3.6. Meta-Analysis
3.6.1. Relationship between Sociodemographic Factors and Voice Disorders
3.6.2. Relationship between Disease Factors and Voice Disorders
3.6.3. Relationship between Health Risk Behaviors and Voice Disorders
3.6.4. Relationship between Occupational Environment and Voice Disorders
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Study | Items on Standard Quality Assessment Checklist | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | |
Thibeault et al. (2004) | + | + | + | + | - | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 21 |
Sliwinska-Kowalska et al. (2006) | + | + | + | ± | - | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 20 |
Hamdan et al. (2007) | + | + | ± | + | - | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 20 |
de Medeiros et al. (2008) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 23 |
Lee et al. (2010) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | ± | + | + | 23 |
De Alvear et al. (2011) | + | + | + | ± | - | N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | ± | + | + | 20 |
Assunção et al. (2012) | + | + | ± | + | - | N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 21 |
Akinbode et al. (2014) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 23 |
Leão et al. (20015) | + | + | + | + | - | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 21 |
da Rocha et al. (2015) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | ± | + | + | 22 |
Moy et al. (2015) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 23 |
Cantor Cutiva et al. (2016) | + | + | + | + | - | N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 22 |
Rossi-Barbosa et al. (2016) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | ± | + | + | 23 |
Devadas et al. (2017) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | ± | + | + | 22 |
da Rocha et al. (2017) | + | + | + | + | - | N/A | N/A | + | + | + | + | ± | + | + | 21 |
Lee et al. (2018) | + | + | + | + | + | N/A | N/A | + | ± | + | + | + | + | + | 23 |
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Byeon, H. The Risk Factors Related to Voice Disorder in Teachers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193675
Byeon H. The Risk Factors Related to Voice Disorder in Teachers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(19):3675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193675
Chicago/Turabian StyleByeon, Haewon. 2019. "The Risk Factors Related to Voice Disorder in Teachers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19: 3675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193675
APA StyleByeon, H. (2019). The Risk Factors Related to Voice Disorder in Teachers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(19), 3675. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193675