TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive behaviour language therapy for speech anxiety among stuttering school adolescents
AU - Nnamani, Amuche
AU - Akabogu, Josephine
AU - Otu, Mkpoikanke Sunday
AU - Ukoha, Evelyn
AU - Uloh-Bethels, Annah C.
AU - Omile, Jacinta Chinwe
AU - Obiezu, Maureen Nnenna
AU - Dike, Anastasia E.
AU - Ike, Chioma Vivian
AU - Iyekekpolor, Olayinka M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a cognitive behaviour language therapy (CBLT) programme to reduce speech anxiety among stuttering school adolescents. Methods: This was a group randomized clinical trial that enrolled stuttering school adolescents who had severe speech anxiety. The participants were randomized to either the treatment group or the control group. The Speech Anxiety Thoughts Inventory (SATI) score was recorded before and after a 12-week CBLT programme was delivered in 24 group sessions to the treatment group. The control group did not receive any therapy. Results: A total of 92 stuttering school adolescents who met the inclusion criteria were randomized to the treatment group (n = 46; 22 males, 24 females; mean ± SD age, 16.36 ± 2.20 years) or the control group (n = 46; 28 males, 18 females; mean ± SD age, 15.45 ± 2.10 years). Results showed that the CBLT intervention significantly reduced speech anxiety among stuttering school adolescents compared with the control group (post-test SATI assessment, mean ± SD 26.52 ± 1.67 versus 89.92 ± 3.17, respectively). Conclusion: These findings suggest that speech educators and therapists in educational institutions and hospitals should follow the principles of CBLT when treating speech anxiety.
AB - Objective: To determine the effectiveness of a cognitive behaviour language therapy (CBLT) programme to reduce speech anxiety among stuttering school adolescents. Methods: This was a group randomized clinical trial that enrolled stuttering school adolescents who had severe speech anxiety. The participants were randomized to either the treatment group or the control group. The Speech Anxiety Thoughts Inventory (SATI) score was recorded before and after a 12-week CBLT programme was delivered in 24 group sessions to the treatment group. The control group did not receive any therapy. Results: A total of 92 stuttering school adolescents who met the inclusion criteria were randomized to the treatment group (n = 46; 22 males, 24 females; mean ± SD age, 16.36 ± 2.20 years) or the control group (n = 46; 28 males, 18 females; mean ± SD age, 15.45 ± 2.10 years). Results showed that the CBLT intervention significantly reduced speech anxiety among stuttering school adolescents compared with the control group (post-test SATI assessment, mean ± SD 26.52 ± 1.67 versus 89.92 ± 3.17, respectively). Conclusion: These findings suggest that speech educators and therapists in educational institutions and hospitals should follow the principles of CBLT when treating speech anxiety.
KW - Cognitive behaviour language therapy
KW - speech anxiety
KW - stuttering school adolescents
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85070274713
U2 - 10.1177/0300060519853387
DO - 10.1177/0300060519853387
M3 - Article
C2 - 31154887
AN - SCOPUS:85070274713
SN - 0300-0605
VL - 47
SP - 3109
EP - 3114
JO - Journal of International Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Medical Research
IS - 7
ER -