Group voice therapy and its effectiveness in the treatment of dysphonia: a systematic review

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of voice therapy and its effects in patients with dysphonia. The study is a systematic review of the literature. The survey was conducted from an association of the descriptors "group therapy", "voice" and "dysphonia" (in Portuguese and English) in the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and retrieval System Online (Medline) and The Cochrane Library databases. 177 articles were found, of which 11 were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Group voice therapy is effective in the rehabilitation of dysphonia in different target populations.摘要：本研究旨在针对嗓音障碍（dysphonia）患者的嗓音治疗及其疗效开展系统综述。本研究为文献系统综述。研究以葡萄牙语与英语的「团体治疗」「嗓音」「嗓音障碍」为检索词组合，在科学电子图书馆在线（SciELO）、拉丁美洲与加勒比卫生科学文献数据库（LILACS）、医学文献分析与检索在线系统（Medline）及考克兰图书馆（The Cochrane Library）数据库中开展文献检索。共检索到177篇文献，最终依据纳入与排除标准筛选出11篇。团体嗓音治疗对不同目标人群的嗓音障碍康复均具有有效性。