Psychogenic Status as a Risk Factor in Minimal Pathological Conditions of the Vocal Cords - A Clinical Study in a Tertiary Teaching Hospital of Telangana
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Background: Voice disorders are encountered in patients of all ages, gender, and social status. The risk factors are often multifactorial and cannot always be fully described in anatomical or functional terms. Furthermore, voice disorders are much more varied than mere hoarseness. Psychosocial factors can be risk factors and affect the voice in patients with some types of the minimal associated pathological lesions (MAPLs) of the vocal folds. Aim of the Study: The aim of this study is to evaluate patients with MAPLs of the vocal folds to understand the role of psychogenic stress as a risk factor and pathogenesis of this clinical entity. Materials and Methods: A total of 72 patients with MAPLs of the vocal folds were included and evaluated with voice and psychiatric protocols, and the results obtained were compared with a control group of 50 subjects who were also evaluated with the same voice and psychiatric protocols. Conclusions: There was a statistical significance between the both groups in relation to some of the psychiatric scales. The results obtained showed clear evidence of psychogenic background acting as a risk factor in the pathogenesis of certain types of MAPLs of the vocal folds, vocal folds nodules, vocal folds polyps, and contact granuloma.
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Kamreddy Ashok Reddy K, Pingili Harish Chandra Reddy
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