Influence of choral singing on the voice-related quality of life of public health service users

Abstract: PURPOSE: to investigate the voice-related quality of life of participants in a singing group organized by public health system professionals. METHODS: the study was conducted with 86 individuals of both genders, of which 46 were part of the control group, and 40 the study group, whose members participated in a singing group. Participants completed the questionnaire Voice-Related Quality of Life validated in Brazilian Portuguese. To verify the difference between the groups' averages we used the nonparametric Mann-Whitney test, with significance