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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The prevalence of laryngeal pathology in a treatment-seeking population with dysphonia
Laryngoscope, Volume 120, No. 2, Year 2010
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Description
Objectives/Hypothesis. This article describes the prevalence of laryngeal pathology in a treatmentseeking population with dysphonia in the Flemish part of Belgium. Study Design. Retrospective investigation. Methods. During a period of 5 years (2004-2008), data were collected from 882 patients who consulted with dysphonia at the ear, nose, and throat department of the University Hospital in Ghent (Belgium). Laryngeal pathology was diagnosed using videostroboscopy. Ages ranged from 4 years to 90 years. Results. Functional voice disorders were most frequently diagnosed (30%), followed by vocal fold nodule (15%), and pharyngolaryngeal reflux (9%). The role of age, gender, and occupation was investigated. Pathologies were significantly more common in females than in males, representing 63.8% and 36.2% of the population, respectively. Professional voice users accounted for 41% of the workforce population, with teachers as main subgroup. In professional voice users, functional dysphonia occurred in 41%, vocal fold nodules in 15%, and pharyngolaryngeal reflux in 11%. Our data were compared with data from other countries. Conclusions. Functional voice disorders were overall the most common cause of voice disorders (except in childhood), followed by vocal fold nodules and pharyngolaryngeal reflux. Professional voice users accounted for almost one half of the active population, with functional voice disorders as the main cause of dysphonia. © 2009 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
van Lierde, Kristiane M.
Belgium, Ghent
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
D'Haeseleer, Evelien
Belgium, Ghent
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Claeys, Sofie E.M.
Belgium, Ghent
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Statistics
Citations: 181
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/lary.20696
ISSN:
0023852X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Female