TY  - JOUR
T1  - Incidence of Laryngeal Lesions among School Teachers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
AU - Al-Ghamdi, Khalid B. 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 66
EP  - 68
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2019.66.68
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2019.66.68
KW  - Vocal cord nodules
KW  -telescopy
KW  -microlaryngeal surgery
KW  -OPD
KW  -stress
KW  -voice disorder
AB  - To determine the incidence of laryngeal lesions among school teachers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A
cross-sectional study was conducted in year 2014, on 500 male teachers, both from private and public sectors.
All were above 18 years of age, 162 (62.8%) from private sector while 96 (37.2%) were from public sector.
Questionnaires were developed in Arabic as well as in English languages and were distributed among public
and private schools at different levels at Jeddah District. All participants completed a questionnaire about their
dietary habits, height and weight, presence of stress, smoking and allergies. Patients having positive voice
symptoms were invited to visit OPD at Otolaryngology Department of King Abdul Aziz University Hospital,
Jeddah and clinical examination along with direct laryngo-pharyngeal checkups were done. The 1 case found
having very small bilateral vocal cord nodules. The 10 cases found having Reinkes’s edema. Diagnostic
efficiency of telescopy (by Hopkins’s 70° and 90° scopes) was found to be better than that of indirect
laryngoscopy. Voice disorders are prevalent in all age groups, usually occur in people have to use voice more
like teachers, singers, politicians and leaders. Incidence of laryngeal lesions found more in privatesector as
compared to public sector, due to job nature and stress content.
ER  -