The Frequency of Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients with Common Pathologies Affecting Voice

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 472-488

  Dietrich, Maria ^a   Verdolini Abbott, Katherine ^a,b   Gartner Schmidt, Jackie ^a,b   Rosen, Clark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Glottal insufficiency; Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD); Paradoxical vocal fold movement disorder (PVFMD); Perceived stress; Psychobiology; Vocal fold lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; STRESS; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 45549093016     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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