Publications by authors named "Kely Maria Pereira de Paula"
To verify the efficiency and to determine the cutoff values that discriminate children/adolescents with and without vocal complaints, as well as the measures of sensibility, specificity and efficiency of the Brazilian Pediatric Voice-Related Quality-of-Life Survey (P-VRQOL). The participants included 230 parents of children/adolescents of both genders, aged between 2 years and 18 years, with and without vocal complaints that responded the validated Brazilian version of P-VRQOL. The three scores (total, physical and social-emotional) were analyzed by the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC curve).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives/hypothesis: This study aimed to verify the relationships among voice change complaints, indicators of competence, and behavioral problems in children and adolescents.
Study Design: This is a prospective study.
Methods: A sample of 103 parents/guardians completed the Child Behavior Checklist for ages 6-18 years.
Purpose: To measure the voice-related quality of life in children/adolescents with vocal complaints through the validation of the Brazilian Pediatric Voice-Related Quality-of-Life survey - VR-QOL-P (Qualidade de Vida em Voz Pediátrico - QVV-P), to verify whether the presence of vocal complaints interfere with the quality of life of children/adolescents, and to determine the relationship between the vocal assessment carried out by parents and the VR-QOL-P scores.
Methods: The participants included 246 parents of children/adolescents of both sexes, aged between 2 years and 18 years (divided into preschoolers, schoolers and adolescents), with and without vocal complaints. All participants signed the informed consent form.