Executive Function Performance in Children Who Stutter

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Executive Dysfunction; Stuttering, Childhood
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Executive function testing

• Registration Number: NCT05640440
• Lead Sponsor: Sohag University

Brief Summary

The study aims to asses the executive function in children who stutter for better management of those children

Detailed Description

It is a case control study which will be done on 30 child who stutter and 15 normal child as a control group. Executive function testing will be done using computerized program called PEPL . Also, total intelligence quation(IQ) , verbal IQ, non verbal IQ will be assessed in both groups. stuttering severity will be assessed in case group.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-11
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-16
• Study Start: 2022-12-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-06
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-07
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-01
• Study Completion: 2024-07-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patient and volunteers age between 7 years and 15 years.
2. IQ ≥ 85.

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Exclusion Criteria

• History of secondary stuttering.
• Language impairment and other speech problem.
• Concurrent or history of psychiatric, cognitive, neurological disorders or hearing impairment.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
children who stutter	Executive function testing	assessment executive function and stuttering severity in 30 child with stuttering
children who don't stutter	Executive function testing	assessment executive function in 30 child with stuttering

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
PEPL numerical stroop test	one year	Using the Psychological Experimental Building Language (PEBL) current version 2.1 released at 2018 (Muller \& Piper, 2014). The test measuring inhibitory function It asses the reaction time in seconds, the total numbers of errors ranging between 0-200
Working memory score	one year	Sub-test of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition (SB5) The score ranging between 40-130
Cognitive flexibility function (sub-division of executive function testing)	one year	PEPL Berg's Card Sorting Test 64 version of Berg's (1948) Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. The child is asked to sort multi-attribute cards into piles according to an unknown and changing rule. It provides an indication of which rule (shape, color or number) is easiest for the individual. It aims to asses Number of Correct Responses: ranging between 0-64 Number of Total Errors ranging between 0-64 Percent of Perseverative Responses Percent of Perseverative Errors Percent of Non-Perseverative Errors Number of Unique Errors

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Non word Repetation score(Fawzy et al., 2012)	one year	To test the working memory abilities. the child is asked to repeat a number of non sense words. The score ranges between 0 to 30
Backward digit span score (Aboras et al., 2008)	one year	It test the working memory. The child is asked to retell a number of digit in backward manner. The score ranges between 0 to 14.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rasha Mohamed Hashem; 🇪🇬 Sohag, Egypt