Validation of the Singing Voice Handicap Index in Greek Singers: Normal and Voice-Disordered Participants.

Objectives: The Singing Voice Handicap Index (SVHI) was culturally adapted and validated in Greek to examine the impacts of voice problems on a singer's everyday life.

Methods: The translated version was administered to 120 singers in total, along with the translated version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI), a sort voice history questionnaire, two Self-Rating Dysphonia Severity Scales (SRDSSs), and two visual analog scales. A week after the original completion of the Greek version of SVHI, a second copy of the SVHI was administered to 50% of the participants.

Vocal Health Knowledge Status and Attitudes of Professional and Amateur Performing Artists in Greece.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the vocal health literacy level and attitudes of professional and amateur performing artists in Greece and identify possible gaps and limitations that should be addressed in the future.

Methods: This mixed-methods study took place in two successive stages. The first stage involved 4 focus groups with professional and amateur actors and singers.

Chronic fatigue syndrome or affective disorder? Implications of the diagnosis on management.

This paper reports a case of a 13 1/2 year old boy with a bipolar affective disorder, who was assumed to be suffering from a post-viral fatigue syndrome. The diagnostic problems in differenting the postviral fatigue syndrome from affective disorders in children/adolescents are discussed. The consequences of misdiagnosis in young people, bearing in mind the developmental tasks that they face, are considered.