Prevalence of subjective voice impairment in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) might lead to voice impairment through several mechanisms but its prevalence has been little investigated. RA patients attending a rheumatology outpatient clinic had joint assessments and completed the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10). A comparator group consisted of patien...

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Published in:Clinical rheumatology 2008-11, Vol.27 (11), p.1441-1443
Main Authors: Fisher, Benjamin A., Dolan, Kathleen, Hastings, Lesley, McClinton, Catherine, Taylor, Peter C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications
Arthritis, Rheumatoid - epidemiology
Brief Report
Case-Control Studies
Disability Evaluation
Disease
Female
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Rheumatism
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatology
Severity of Illness Index
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Voice Disorders - complications
Voice Disorders - epidemiology
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Summary:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) might lead to voice impairment through several mechanisms but its prevalence has been little investigated. RA patients attending a rheumatology outpatient clinic had joint assessments and completed the Voice Handicap Index-10 (VHI-10). A comparator group consisted of patients attending the department with other diseases. Seventy-three patients with RA and 73 comparators were recruited. Four patients with RA (5%) and one comparator (1%) had significantly abnormal VHI-10 scores. RA patients with a Disease Activity Score 28 >3.2, indicating more active disease, had significantly higher VHI-10 scores. A low prevalence of self-reported voice handicap occurs in RA and associates with more active disease.
ISSN:0770-3198
1434-9949
DOI:10.1007/s10067-008-0994-x