{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,24]],"date-time":"2026-07-24T06:11:46Z","timestamp":1784873506165,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Pakistan Medical Association","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Pak Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objective: To analyse the prevalence of vocal tract discomfort in patients with voice disorders.\nMethod: The analytical cross-sectional study was conducted at Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan, from September 2020 to January 2021, and comprised voice disorder patients of either gender aged 18-65 years enrolled from Mayo Hospital, Sheikh Zayed Hospital and Jinnah Hospital, Lahore. The Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale was used for data-collection. Data was analysed using SPSS 21.\nResults: Of the 137 patients, 68(49.6%) were males and 69(50.4%) were females. The overall mean age was 36.36\u00b112.47 years. The most affected age group was 18-33 years 70(51.1%) while those aged 50-65 years were the least affected 28(20.4%). The most common VTD symptom was dryness with mean frequency 3.48\u00b11.97 and mean severity 3.36\u00b11.99, followed by irritation 2.88\u00b12.08 and 2.88\u00b12.12, and lump in the throat 2.42\u00b12.27 and 2.31\u00b12.23, respectively.\nConclusion: Dryness, irritation and a lump in the throat were the most common symptoms of vocal tract discomfort.\nKeywords: Dysphonia, Vocal tract discomfort, Voice disorders.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.47391\/jpma.3999","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]],"date-time":"2022-02-10T08:16:35Z","timestamp":1644480995000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Prevalence of vocal tract discomfort in patients with voice disorders"],"prefix":"10.47391","author":[{"given":"Saffa","family":"Nawaz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6292-3722","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nameeka","family":"Shahid","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3198-6744","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nazia","family":"Mumtaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6452-9339","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ghulam","family":"Saqulain","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"26547","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]]},"container-title":["Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]],"date-time":"2022-02-10T08:16:35Z","timestamp":1644480995000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/ojs.jpma.org.pk\/index.php\/public_html\/article\/view\/3999"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]]},"references-count":0,"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.47391\/jpma.3999","relation":{},"ISSN":["0030-9982"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0030-9982","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,10]]}}}