Kaddah, F., Mesallam, T., Shoeib, R., Abdelgoad, A. (2020). Anxiety Profile in Children and Adolescents with Stuttering. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 21(2), 37-43. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.11729.1098
Fatma El-Zahraa A. Kaddah; Tamer A. Mesallam; Rasha M. Shoeib; Ahmed Abdelhamid Abdelgoad. "Anxiety Profile in Children and Adolescents with Stuttering". Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 21, 2, 2020, 37-43. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.11729.1098
Kaddah, F., Mesallam, T., Shoeib, R., Abdelgoad, A. (2020). 'Anxiety Profile in Children and Adolescents with Stuttering', Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 21(2), pp. 37-43. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.11729.1098
Kaddah, F., Mesallam, T., Shoeib, R., Abdelgoad, A. Anxiety Profile in Children and Adolescents with Stuttering. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 2020; 21(2): 37-43. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2019.11729.1098
Anxiety Profile in Children and Adolescents with Stuttering
1Phoniatrics Unit, Otorhinolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt/ Department of Otorhinolaryngology & Allied Sciences, Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital, Jeddah, KSA
2Research Chair of Voice, Swallowing, and Communication Disorders, ENT Department, College of Medicine / King Saud University, 4Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA
3Phoniatrics Unit, Otorhinolaryngology Department, College of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
4Unit of Phoniatrics , Otorhinolaryngology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Objectives: To compare anxiety levels in children and adolescents who stutter with non-stuttering subjects. Methods: The study included 35 stuttering patients and 35 age and gender-matched control group. Both groups underwent subjective assessment of anxiety using Taylor anxiety scale. Stuttering severity was assessed in the patients’ group using the Arabic Stuttering Severity Instrument (A-SSI). Results: Stuttering group showed significantly higher anxiety levels than control subjects (p < 0.0001). Taylor Anxiety scale results were significantly higher (P<0.05) in female stuttering patients than male patients. Anxiety scores showed a statistically significant negative correlation with age of onset of stuttering (r=-0.48, p = 0.002) and a statistically significant positive correlation with duration of stuttering (r= 0.329, p= 0.046). Conclusion: Children and adolescents with stuttering have significantly higher anxiety levels compared to control subjects. High anxiety scores were significantly related to early onset and longer duration of stuttering.
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