A three-arm randomized controlled trial of Lidcombe Program and Westmead Program early stuttering interventions |
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| Institution: | 1. Australian Stuttering Research Centre, Faculty of Health Science, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia;2. School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia;3. Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, QLD, Australia;4. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia |
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| Abstract: | PurposeTo compare two experimental Westmead Program treatments with a control Lidcombe Program treatment for early stuttering.MethodThe design was a three-arm randomized controlled trial with blinded outcome assessments 9 months post-randomization. Participants were 91 pre-school children.ResultsThere was no evidence of difference in percentage syllables stuttered at 9 months among groups. Dropout rates were substantive and may have been connected with novel aspects of the trial design: the use of community clinicians, no exclusion criteria, and randomization of children younger than 3 years of age.ConclusionThe substantive dropout rate for all three arms in this trial means that any conclusions about the 9-month stuttering outcomes must be regarded as tentative. However, continued development of the Westmead Program is warranted, and we are currently constructing an internet version. |
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| Keywords: | Stuttering Pre-school Treatment |
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