Effect of vocal care program among primary school teachers with self perceived voice handicap
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007899
- Lead Sponsor
- Kasturba Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 110
Inclusion Criteria
Those who have started the career as teachers and have completed minimum of 5 years of teaching.
Teachers who use their voice for a minimum of 4 to 5 hours/day in school set up.
Teachers who feel their voice quality has changed/changing gradually due to their profession.
Teachers who get more than plus 1.00 z-score in Voice Handicap Index (VHI) questionnaire.
Exclusion Criteria
•They have any upper respiratory tract infections/ asthma/ allergies.
•Who have undergone any throat/laryngeal surgery in the near past or at the time of the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Since all the aspects of voice production like aerodynamics, acoustical, perceptual and voice related quality of life will be included, the outcome of the current study towards with the newly designed vocal care measure program helps the professional voice users to improve their voice quality and voice related quality of life.Timepoint: Phase 1: Preparation stage (8 months) <br/ ><br>Phase 2: Data collection (20 months) <br/ ><br>Phase 3: Analysis (4 months) <br/ ><br>Phase 4: Conclusion (4 months)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ILTimepoint: NI