[Outcomes of treatments for stuttering]
Cuerva Carvajal A, Marquez Calderon S, Sarmiento Gonzulez-Nieto V
Record ID 32007000451
Spanish
Authors' objectives:
The main aim of this review was compare the efficacy of different interventions against stuttering with each other, or as opposed to no intervention.
Authors' recommendations:
No intervention for stuttering was found that was clearly effective in terms of results related either objectively or subjectively to speech. Effects really happening could be left undetected since all studies have a low statistical power, as well as problems related to internal validity. In children, there are two studies comparing Lidcombe Programme as opposed to control. One of them shows improvement in the percentage of stuttered syllables after intervention; and in the other one, a tendency towards better outcomes is observed with the programme, although the latter did not reach statistical significance. The rest of studies with comparisons among different interventions did not present clear differences in favour of one or another. In adults, olanzapine was superior to placebo in the only study with a control group that was found. The studies without control group showed improvements in stuttering which were not maintained till the end of the follow-ups. Furthermore the results from these studies cannot be considered due to their methodological weakness. No studies were found with results related to the impact of stuttering on the individuals' lives.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2007
URL for published report:
https://www.aetsa.org/download/publicaciones/antiguas/AETSA_P_2007_5_Tartamudez.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Spain
MeSH Terms
- Stuttering
Contact
Organisation Name:
Andalusian Health Technology Assessment Area
Contact Address:
Area de Evaluacion de Tecnologias Sanitarias Sanitarias de Andalucia (AETSA) Avda. Innovación, s/n Edificio Arena 1. Sevilla (Spain) Tel. +34 955 006 309
Contact Name:
aetsa.csalud@juntadeandalucia.es
Contact Email:
aetsa.csalud@juntadeandalucia.es
Copyright:
Andalusian Agency for Health Technology Assessment (AETSA)
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