Correlação entre a presenca de sintomas vocais e o hábito de fumar em universitários / Correlation between presence of vocal symptoms and smoking in university undergraduates

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2005

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Objective: To analyze the correlation between presence of specific vocal symptoms and smoking in undergraduates. Methods: This is a transversal study conducted with 571 subjects using application of a questionnaire comprising questions about smoking and presence of vocal symptoms. Results: Out of 571 interviewees, 229 (40.1%) were male and 342 (59.9%) were female, mean age of 21.25 years. In the studied sample, 18.4% smoked cigarettes, and 11.4% of them were women. Consumption of other type of tobacco was present in 15.2%, and of marijuana (Cannabis sativa), 30.1%. As to vocal symptoms, 28.4% presented hoarseness, 17.2% had low-pitched voice, 11.4% had vocal variation; 10.3% had vocal loss, and 15.5% had vocal breaks. Concerning hoarseness, there was statistical significance with gender (p= 0.029) and smoking (p= 0.005); as to low-pitched voice, only smoking (p= 0.011). There were no statistically significant differences in the presence of vocal variation, vocal loss or vocal breaks. Multiple regression analysis indicated the following likelihood for having hoarseness: 1.8 for female gender, 2.9 for joint use of marijuana and smoking, and 7.2 for former smokers who still smoked marijuana and filterless tobacco. The likelihood for having low-pitched voice was 3.8 for smoking associated with marijuana and filterless tobacco, 4.2 for smoking associated with marijuana, and 6.2 for marijuana and filterless tobacco smokers. Conclusions: It was possible to detect correlation between smoking and presence of hoarseness and low-pitched voice and such results may support future campaigns to prevent smoking and use of illegal drugs.

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epidemiologia estudantes universitarios -- uso do fumo epidemiology tabagismo voice voz voz fonoaudiologia smoking

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