Follow-up of Children After Stuttering Treatment

University of Sydney

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 2

Conditions: Stuttering

Treatments: Behavioral: SMS (Short Message Service) reminders

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00709072

10483

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine the percentage and predictors of stuttering relapse following treatment with the Lidcombe Program. It will also investigate the effectiveness of sending reminder messages to parents to assist in reducing relapse.

Full description

Stuttering treatment becomes more time-consuming and less effective as children become older. Therefore it is crucial to prevent relapse following treatment in the early years. This study will investigate predictors of relapse and assess the effectiveness of a simple two-weekly user-friendly reminder to parents, about when and how to address any re-occurring stuttering after treatment. Results from the study may help to prevent stuttering relapse in this age group in the future.

Enrollment: 180 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 7 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Completion of stage I of Lidcombe Program
• Less than 1 percent syllables stuttered at recruitment
• Means of receiving SMS email or phone reminder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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180 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

SMS reminders

Treatment:

Behavioral: SMS (Short Message Service) reminders

2

No Intervention group

Description:

control group