Gang Sun, Weican Hua, Guijun Wang
Interactive group decision making method based on probabilistic hesitant Pythagorean fuzzy information representation
Applied intelligence (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
study created citywide database pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders among basic education teachers analyze incidence distribution risk factors pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders total 47823 teachers primary secondary schools kindergartens tianjin enrolled study underwent questionnaires throat examinations addition data subjected descriptive statistics chisquare analysis univariate multivariate logistic regression analyses pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders overall prevalence 6942 among basic education teachers tianjin wherein prevalence chronic pharyngitis chronic hyperplastic laryngitis chronic simple laryngitis highest 3945 1980 1559 respectively results multivariate logistic regression analysis suggest pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders statistically correlated gender p 0001 years teaching p 0001 school district p 0001 class size p 0001 subjective assessment teachers vocal loudness p 0001 neck shoulder discomfort p 0001 smoking p 0001 psychological stress p 0002 frequent habitual throat clearing p 0001 furthermore risk factors pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders age p 0002 school district p 0001 class size p 0008 neck shoulder discomfort p 0038 smoking p 0001 water intake habits class p 0023 frequent habitual throat clearing p 0001 male teachers female teachers age p 0001 school district p 0001 daily teaching hours p 0005 class size p 0001 subjective assessment teachers vocal loudness p 0001 neck shoulder discomfort p 0001 smoking p 0033 psychological stress p 0003 frequent habitual throat clearing p 0001 due high prevalence pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders among basic education teachers throat voice health educationrelated activities conducted teachers intervene occurrence pharynlaryngeal diseases voice disorders early stage