Management of social anxiety in clients who stutter
- Conditions
- Topic: Mental Health Research Network, Primary Care Research Network for EnglandSubtopic: Anxiety, Not AssignedDisease: Anxiety, All DiseasesMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN55065978
- Lead Sponsor
- HS South Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group (UK)
- Brief Summary
1. 2017 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29061602 (added 29/01/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1. Eighteen years of age or older
2. Stuttering rate greater than 2% syllables stuttered when measured over the telephone
3. Score of 19 or more on the Social Phobia Inventory
4. English proficiency to the level required for informed consent and taking part in the study.
Target Gender: Male & Female ; Lower Age Limit 18 years
1. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) during the previous 6 months
2. Speech treatment during the previous 12 months
3. Involvement in stuttering or social anxiety research during the previous 12 months
4. Serious risk of self-harm, evaluated during interview at baseline
5. Intellectual disability
6. Current use of benzodiazepines
7. Unwillingness or inability to maintain a stable dose of any extant psychotropic medication for the duration of the trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (DSM-IV SCID); Timepoint(s): Baseline, first follow-up (after 4 weeks), second follow-up (after 4 months).<br> The interview follows a set protocol and leads to diagnostic decisions about a range of mental health conditions including social anxiety disorder.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method