2015年12月24日
The association between health-related quality of life and voice as evaluated by an acoustic analysis in elderly Japanese nursing home residents
Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
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- 巻
- 52
- 号
- 4
- 開始ページ
- 391
- 終了ページ
- 398
- 記述言語
- 日本語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.3143/geriatrics.52.391
- 出版者・発行元
- Japan Geriatrics Society
Purpose: We carried out a cross-sectional study investigating the association between health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and voice, as evaluated by an acoustic analysis, in elderly residents of a nursing home. Methods: The HRQOL of 61 elderly nursing home residents (mean age: 82.1±8.3 years) was assessed via the SF-8 Health Survey questionnaire, Japanese version (SF-8). The subjects' voices were recorded and analyzed by a voice assessment software program, which calculated the pitch period perturbation quotient (PPQ), amplitude perturbation quotient (APQ), and noise-to-harmonic ratio (NHR).Results: Subjects who scored under the 25th percentile on general health (GH), vitality (VT), or physical summary (PCS) in the SF-8 showed significantly higher PPQ, APQ, and NHR scores in comparison to their counterparts (p<
0.05). After adjustment for age, lower GH scores were found to be associated with higher PPQ, APQ, and NHR scores
lower VT scores were associated with higher APQ and NHR scores
and lower PCS scores were associated with higher APQ and NHR scores (p<
0.05). Conclusion: The results of the acoustic analysis indicated that voice was associated with HRQOL in the elderly nursing home residents of the present study. Among the acoustic parameters that were analyzed, PPQ, APQ, and NHR may be an influential factor that can be used to assess HRQOL, independently of the effects of age, in elderly individuals.
0.05). After adjustment for age, lower GH scores were found to be associated with higher PPQ, APQ, and NHR scores
lower VT scores were associated with higher APQ and NHR scores
and lower PCS scores were associated with higher APQ and NHR scores (p<
0.05). Conclusion: The results of the acoustic analysis indicated that voice was associated with HRQOL in the elderly nursing home residents of the present study. Among the acoustic parameters that were analyzed, PPQ, APQ, and NHR may be an influential factor that can be used to assess HRQOL, independently of the effects of age, in elderly individuals.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.3143/geriatrics.52.391
- ISSN : 0300-9173
- PubMed ID : 26700779
- SCOPUS ID : 84951767357