Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
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.
How to cite this article:
Khalid B. Al-Ghamdi. Incidence of Laryngeal Lesions among School Teachers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/rjmsci.2019.66.68
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/rjmsci.2019.66.68