Executive Function Performance in Children Who Stutter

Executive Dysfunction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Executive Function Performance in Children Who Stutter

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05640440
• Other study ID #: Soh-med-22-11-11
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: December 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: Sohag University
• Contact: Rasha Mo Hashem, Assistant lecture
• Phone: 01061966022
• Email: rasha.hashem[@]med.sohag.edu.eg
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient and volunteers age between 7 years and 15 years.

2. IQ = 85.

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Executive Dysfunction
• Stuttering
• Stuttering, Childhood

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Executive function testing
Assessment of executive function subdivision

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Rasha Mohamed Hashem	Sohag

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sohag University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	PEPL numerical stroop test	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	one year
Primary	Cognitive flexibility function (sub-division of executive function testing)	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	one year
Primary	Working memory score	Sub-test of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition (SB5) The score ranging between 40-130	one year
Secondary	Non word Repetation score(Fawzy et al., 2012)	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	one year
Secondary	Backward digit span score (Aboras et al., 2008)	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.	one year