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Pilot: Group Therapy for Children Who Stammer

NCT00945113 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2015-10-12

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Summary

The aim of the study is to answer the question: Is a large-scale research study of the effectiveness of group speech and language therapy (SALT) for young people who stammer possible?

The study will look at the issues involved in setting up a large-scale investigation of treatment for young people who stammer. It will inform the investigators whether larger studies would be possible and give some early-stage information on the effectiveness of group SALT for these young people. The findings will pave the way for building and testing out treatment programmes where there will be clear positive benefit for young people who stammer and their families.

To answer the research question, the study will tell the investigators (a) how easy/difficult it was to get people to take part, (b) young people and parents'/carers' views on taking part and (c) whether the assessments were able to pick up changes in speech and attitudes towards stammering reported by the young people and their carers.

Sufficient numbers of participants were not recruited to carry out the intended rehearsal pilot RCT study design.

Conditions

  • Stammering

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

One-week speech therapy group

One-week cross-district speech therapy group for older children (aged 8 to 15) who stammer

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne

    collaborator OTHER

  • North Tyneside Primary Care Trust

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Northumberland Care Trust

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lucy E Paterson, MA, BSc · Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2009-10-31
Completion
2009-10-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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