Self-reported prevalence and associated factors of work related voice disorders among school teachers in Sekota town, Wag Himra zone, North Ethiopia, 2021: a cross-sectional survey
This study concludes that work-related voice disorders are a common occupational hazard among school teachers. Provided most voice problems may be preventable and it can greatly affect their performance and quality of life interventions are paramount. Therefore, we recommend developing prevention programs including preventive voice training and voice hygiene with sanitary work conditions to combat functional voice disorder among school teachers.
Authors
- Jember Azanaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5702-1476)
- Abebe Gedefaw Belete (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1293-8605)
- Dawit Getachew Yenealem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7955-9533)
Institutions
- University of Gondar (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23850-6
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- University of Gondar