KHALED, D., Sowelem, R., Naguib, R. (2022). Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 23(23), 1-6. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2022.144108.1526
DINA Fouad KHALED; Reem Zakaria Sowelem; Rehab Mohamed Naguib. "Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample". Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 23, 23, 2022, 1-6. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2022.144108.1526
KHALED, D., Sowelem, R., Naguib, R. (2022). 'Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample', Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 23(23), pp. 1-6. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2022.144108.1526
KHALED, D., Sowelem, R., Naguib, R. Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 2022; 23(23): 1-6. doi: 10.21608/ejentas.2022.144108.1526
Correlation between stuttering severity and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample
1Department of Medical Studies-Faculty of postgraduate childhood studies-Ain Shams University
2Medical studies department, Faculty of Postgraduate Childhood Studies, Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt
3Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to correlate between the severity of stuttering and social phobia in an Egyptian stuttering sample for a better therapeutic plan. Patients and Methods: Stuttering severity index-Arabic version (ASSI) and the Brief Social Phobia Scale (BSPS) were applied on 33 Egyptian sample who stutter with age range from15-23 years old, 14 subjects were adolescents and 19 were adults. Twenty-three were males and ten females. The sample included3 with very mild stuttering, 3 mild stuttering,10 moderate stuttering, 12 severe stuttering and 5 very severe stuttering according to the stuttering severity index-Arabic version (ASSI). Results: The Pearson’s Correlation test revealed a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms and stuttering severity in the whole sample, p value= 0.000, p value=0.001, p value=0.001respectively. As well as there was a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms and stuttering severity in the adolescent’s sample, p value= 0.003, p value=0.010, p value=0.004 respectively. There was a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms and stuttering severity in the adult’s sample, p value= 0.013, p value=0.042, p value=0.078 respectively. Conclusion: These findings provide a strong correlation between fear, avoidance, physical symptoms, and stuttering severity in the whole sample. Accordingly, such data could assist phoniatricians, speech-language pathologists and psychiatrists for a better therapeutic intervention.