A Study of the various risk factors associated with hoarseness of voice at tertiary teaching health care centre
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of ENT - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Hoarseness of voice is a coarse, scratchy sound most often associated with abnormalities of the vibratory margins of the vocal folds, in condition like laryngitis, vocal fold hemorrhage, mucosal disruption, mass lesions and carcinoma Aims and Objectives: To Study the various risk factors associated with hoarseness of voice at tertiary teaching health care centre. Methodology: After approval from institutional ethical committee this case control study was carried out in the department of Otorhinolaryngology during the one year period i.e. June 2016 to June 2017. All the patients with voice changes attending the OPD and IPD were assessed those with clear pathological cause of Hoarseness with the written and explained consent were included into the study. So during the one year there were 54 patients of all age and sex were included into the study, similarly the 54 normal individuals without the hoarseness attending for other complains were also selected. The statistical analysis was done by chi-square test analyzed by SPSS 19 version software. Result: The majority of the patients were in the age group of 50-60 were 27.78% followed by 40-50 were 20.37%, 30-40 were 16.67%, 20-30 were 12.96%, 10-20 were 7.41%, <10 were 3.70%. The age composition of cases were comparable with the normal individuals (χ2 = 2.599, df=7, p>0.05). The male female composition of both the Cases and Normal patients in both the group was comparable (χ2 = 0.37, df=1, p>0.05). The significantly associated risk factors were Smoking (χ2 =16.61, 1,p<0.0001), Smoking + alcohol (χ2 =13.54, 1,p<0.001), Smoking+ tobacco (χ2 =12.78, 1,p<0.001), Tobacco (χ2 =10.98, 1,p<0.001), Vocal abuse (χ2 =9.67, 1,p<0.001), History of trauma (χ2 =7.59, 1, p<0.001), but Alcohol (χ2 =0.771,1,p>0.05), Age related hoarseness (χ2 =0.57, 1,p>0.05) was not significantly associated. Conclusion: It can be concluded from our study that the most common associated risk factors were Smoking, Smoking + alcohol, Smoking+ tobacco, Tobacco, Vocal abuse, History of trauma but age related hoarseness and alcohol addiction only was not significantly associated.
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M Rama Sridhar
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