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 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Zienab Khalaf; Effat Ahmed Zaky; Fatma Wafik Shahin ; shaimaa osman Abdelhamid  ; Marowa Abd El Wahab
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| 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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