Providing Speech Therapy Awareness in Private Schools

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stuttering; Speech Therapy; Swallowing Disorder; Developmental Delay Disorder; Speech and Language Disorder; Acquired Language Disorders; Head and Neck Cancer; Hearing Impairment; Speech Delay

Treatments: Other: Speech-Language Pathology Presentation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04505696

REC/00735 Saania Amjad

Details and patient eligibility

About

There has been limited research in the area of speech and language therapy awareness in Pakistan. The study aims to assess the efficacy of providing speech therapy awareness in private schools through a pre-post model. This Quasi experimental study will be a means of reaching out to schools and directly create awareness regarding the field and its scope. Pre-assessment will be carried out and after which a 45 minutes presentation will be conducted face to face or through a webinar as per school directives. The results will be analysed quantitatively and pre-post assessment of the participants will be measured.

Full description

There has been limited research in the area of speech and language therapy awareness in Pakistan. The study aims to assess the efficacy of providing speech therapy awareness in private schools through a pre-post model. the study design is Quasi Experimental study

Sample size: 385. Raosoft Sampling technique: Purposive Sampling Inclusion criteria: Private English medium schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Schools with no speech and language therapists Exclusion criteria: Public Schools and schools who may have visiting or permanent speech therapists on their panel.

Delphi technique will be used for development of a tool for the intervention and to assess the impact of the awareness program.

The teachers will be tested pre and post program and three months after the completion of the program. Three months post they will be a) tested on the same questionnaire b) will determine number of students identified with difficulties c) students referred to a therapist.

Data will be analyzed quantitative means and quantitative data will be analyzed using SPSS

Enrollment: 138 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Private English medium schools of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Schools with no speech and language therapists

Exclusion criteria

• Public Schools and schools who may have visiting or permanent speech therapists on their panel

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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138 participants in 1 patient group

Speech-Language Pathology Introduction and scope

Other group

Description:

Demographic Information Section on Knowledge \& Awareness Section on Practices

Treatment:

Other: Speech-Language Pathology Presentation