Effects of group speech-language pathology actions related to teachers’ vocal health: an integrative literature review

ABSTRACT Objective: to conduct an integrative literature review on the effect of group speech-language pathology actions related to teachers’ vocal health, and to identify, evaluate and discuss therapeutic approaches, assessment instruments, duration of actions, number of meetings, and their effectiveness, from articles published between 2007 and 2017. Methods: this research was conducted using the “voice”, “faculty”, “psychotherapy group” and “voice training” descriptors, and their corresponding descriptors in Portuguese, using the databases: LILACS, SciELO and PubMed. Results: the search resulted in 1,944 papers. After the selection, 9 studies fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Conclusion: the group speech-language pathology actions related to teachers’ vocal health have an effect on the voice-related quality of life, reducing the vocal and emotional symptoms caused by work-related factors. The eclectic therapeutic approach was the most used one, and there were variations in the duration of actions and number of meetings among the studies. In terms of assessment instruments, the self-assessment of voice and the auditory-perceptual analysis were the most highlighted ones. Furthermore, most studies considered the results of their actions as effective.

摘要 目的：针对与教师嗓音健康相关的团体言语语言病理学（speech-language pathology）干预行动开展整合性文献综述，对2007至2017年发表的相关文献进行系统梳理，识别、评估并探讨其中的治疗方案、评估工具、干预时长、会议次数及干预效果。方法：本研究以“voice”“faculty”“psychotherapy group”“voice training”及其葡萄牙语对应检索词为检索项，依托LILACS、SciELO及PubMed数据库开展文献检索。结果：初步检索共获取1944篇文献，经筛选后最终有9项研究符合纳入与排除标准。结论：与教师嗓音健康相关的团体言语语言病理学干预行动可改善嗓音相关生活质量，缓解职业相关因素引发的嗓音与情绪症状。其中折衷治疗方案（eclectic therapeutic approach）应用最为广泛，各研究的干预时长与会议次数存在明显差异。在评估工具方面，嗓音自我评估与听觉-感知性嗓音分析最为常用。此外，多数研究认为其干预行动效果显著。