Stuttering and Anxiety

Anxiety Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Stuttering Severity and Anxiety in Egyptian School-age Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03160586
• Other study ID #: SSI
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 17, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: Assiut University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: January 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 16 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety Disorders
• Stuttering
• Stuttering, Childhood

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
• Stuttering severity instrument-3
To measure of degree of stuttering in child
• Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18
To measure of percent of anxiety in child by ask parents about his or her behaviour

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Assiut University	Assiut

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assiut University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (4)

Alm PA. Stuttering in relation to anxiety, temperament, and personality: review and analysis with focus on causality. J Fluency Disord. 2014 Jun;40:5-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2014.01.004. Epub 2014 Feb 8. Review. — View Citation

Blood GW, Blood IM, Maloney K, Meyer C, Qualls CD. Anxiety levels in adolescents who stutter. J Commun Disord. 2007 Nov-Dec;40(6):452-69. Epub 2006 Nov 28. — View Citation

Iverach L, Rapee RM. Social anxiety disorder and stuttering: current status and future directions. J Fluency Disord. 2014 Jun;40:69-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2013.08.003. Epub 2013 Sep 2. Review. — View Citation

Smith KA, Iverach L, O'Brian S, Kefalianos E, Reilly S. Anxiety of children and adolescents who stutter: a review. J Fluency Disord. 2014 Jun;40:22-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2014.01.003. Epub 2014 Feb 9. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Stuttering severity index	Score of stuttering severity index a ranging from 1 to 40. It grades was divided into (very mild- mild- moderate- severe- very severe)	30 minutes
Secondary	Child Behavior Checklist for age 4-18	Questionnaire for detect presence of anxiety in children	30 minutes