Stuttering and Anxiety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety Disorders; Stuttering, Childhood
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Stuttering severity instrument-3; Diagnostic Test: Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18

• Registration Number: NCT03160586
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

Stuttering was defined as a common neurodevelopmental speech disorder characterized by repetitions, prolongations, and interruptions in the flow of speech. In other words, stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by involuntary disruptions to speech which impede the capacity to communicate effectively.

Physiological and emotional anxiety has been reported in persons who stutter. It has been reported that as high as 44% of clients seeking treatment for stuttering could be assigned a co-occurring social phobia or social anxiety diagnosis.

Detailed Description

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, social anxiety disorder is characterized by marked or intense fear of social or performance-based situations where scrutiny or evaluation by others may occur. Feared situations often include speaking in public, meeting new people, and talking with authority figures.

There are several reasons to expect that stuttering may be associated with social anxiety disorder. To begin with, stuttering is accompanied by numerous negative consequences across the lifespan which may increase vulnerability to social and psychological difficulties. These consequences are intensified during the school years when children become more involved in social and speaking situations. As a result, children and adolescents who stutter frequently experience peer victimization, social isolation and rejection, and they may also be less popular than their non-stuttering peers.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-05-17
• Study First Submitted: 2017-05-17
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-05-18
• Study First Posted: 2017-05-19
• Primary Completion: 2019-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-01-01
• Status Verified: 2019-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-07-01
• Last Update Posted: 2019-07-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Age ≥ 6 years to 16 years
• Gender: both sex is included in the study
• Intelligence quotient ≥ 85

Exclusion Criteria

• Intelligence quotient < 85
• Age below 6 years or above 16 years
• Presence of other speech, language or physical disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stutter	Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18	Children who stuttering
Control	Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18	Children who non stuttering
Stutter	Stuttering severity instrument-3	Children who stuttering

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stuttering severity index	30 minutes	Score of stuttering severity index a ranging from 1 to 40. It grades was divided into (very mild- mild- moderate- severe- very severe)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18	30 minutes	Questionnaire for detect presence of anxiety in children

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Assiut University; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt