Pediatric Voice Related Quality of Life (PV-RQOL) in children with chronic habitual childhood dysphonia | ||
| Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 29 December 2024 | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2024.346286.1856 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Zienab Khalaf; Effat Ahmed Zaky; Fatma Wafik Shahin; shaimaa osman Abdelhamid* ; Marowa Abd El Wahab | ||
| phoniatric unit , ENT department, faculty of medicin Minia University, Minia , Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Chronic habitual childhood dysphonia is a common voice disorder that can significantly impact a child’s social, academic, and emotional well-being. The Pediatric Voice-Related Quality of Life (PV-RQOL) scale is used in evaluate the effects of dysphonia on a daily functioning of children and quality of life. Aim of the study: To evaluate how children's quality of life is affected by persistent childhood dysphonia. Methods: This study included 62 children of both sexes, aged 5 to 15 years, who presented with voice changes and were diagnosed with chronic habitual childhood dysphonia. The Arabic version of the Pediatric Voice-Related Quality of Life (PV-RQoL) was used in this study. It consists of a 10-item, self-administered questionnaire that asks children with chronic habitual childhood dysphonia (CHCD) to describe their voice and assess the social-emotional, and physical impacts of dysphonia on their quality of life. Results: participants with chronic habitual childhood dysphonia had poor Pediatric Voice-Related Quality of Life (PV-RQoL). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| chronic habitual childhood dysphonia(CHCD); PV-RQoL; voice disorder | ||
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