Publications by authors named "Maria Christina Bussamara Casmerides"
Objective: To analyze the reliability, measurement error, and responsiveness of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) for measuring voice handicap in individuals with voice disorders.
Methods: This systematic review followed the recommendations of the COnsensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement INstruments. Studies that validated the VHI, analyzed the measurement properties of reliability, measurement error, or responsiveness, and had dysphonic individuals as the study population were included.
Objective: to map the clinical parameters used in the speech-language pathology assessment of the chronic cough.
Methods: a scoping review was performed to answer the clinical question: "What are the clinical parameters included in the speech-language pathology assessment of patients with chronic cough?" Evidence was searched by electronic and manual search. The electronic search included: MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, SCOPUS, and LILACS.
Objectives: To analyze the efficacy of speech-language pathology therapy in the self-assessment, in the cough frequency, and the vocal quality of adults with chronic cough.
Methods: This is a systematic review with meta-analysis that answered the clinical question: "In adults with chronic cough, what is the effect of the speech-language pathology therapy in the self-assessment, in the cough frequency, and the vocal quality, compared to another intervention?" (PROSPERO 2021/CRD42021226729). An electronic search (MEDLINE, Web of Science, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Cochrane Library, and Lilacs), and a manual search (Journal of Voice, Brazilian Library of Theses and Dissertations, Open Grey and Clinical Trials) with specific search strategies was performed.