Voice Changes in Elderly Adults: Prevalence and the Effect of Social, Behavioral, and Health Status on Voice Quality.

摘要: Objectives To estimate the prevalence of dysphonia and effect several risk factors on vocal quality in a representative population older adults. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Korea. Participants Individuals aged 65 who underwent laryngoscopy from 2008 to 2010 (N = 3,759). Measurements The potential voice elderly adults were measured. Results The mean age participants was 72.4. The 8.5% (95% confidence interval (CI) = 7.4–9.8). There no significant difference according age. Multivariable analysis after adjusting for age, sex, fold disease, all variables that identified univariate revealed urban residence (odds ratio (OR) = 1.83, 95% CI = 1.11–3.04), underweight (OR = 2.79, CI = 1.45–5.38) or normal weight (OR = 1.63, CI = 1.03–2.59), poor (OR = 2.00, CI = 1.19–3.34) intermediate (OR = 2.08, CI = 1.15–3.78) subjective health status, asthma (OR = 2.08, CI = 1.12–3.86), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR = 2.49, CI = 1.10–5.62), thyroid (OR = 3.08, CI = 1.50–6.34), (OR = 3.72, CI = 2.16–6.42) independently associated with adults. Conclusion This study provides valuable information regarding contribute adults. These are mostly social, behavioral, underlying status variables. Multidisciplinary treatment should be considered improve conditions