TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of anxiety disorders among children who stutter
AU - Iverach, Lisa
AU - Jones, Mark
AU - McLellan, Lauren F.
AU - Lyneham, Heidi J.
AU - Menzies, Ross G.
AU - Onslow, Mark
AU - Rapee, Ronald M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Lisa Iverach is a Research Fellow at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney, and an Honorary Associate with the Centre for Emotional Health and the Department of Psychology, Macquarie University. She was previously funded by an Early Career Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council, based at the Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University. Her research interests include the relationship between stuttering and anxiety, and the mental health of people who stutter.
Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia , including an Early Career Fellowship grant number 052216 awarded to the first author, and a Program Grant number 633007 awarded to the Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - Purpose Stuttering during adulthood is associated with a heightened rate of anxiety disorders, especially social anxiety disorder. Given the early onset of both anxiety and stuttering, this comorbidity could be present among stuttering children. Method Participants were 75 stuttering children 7–12 years and 150 matched non-stuttering control children. Multinomial and binary logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios for anxiety disorders, and two-sample t-tests compared scores on measures of anxiety and psycho-social difficulties. Results Compared to non-stuttering controls, the stuttering group had six-fold increased odds for social anxiety disorder, seven-fold increased odds for subclinical generalized anxiety disorder, and four-fold increased odds for any anxiety disorder. Conclusion These results show that, as is the case during adulthood, stuttering during childhood is associated with a significantly heightened rate of anxiety disorders. Future research is needed to determine the impact of those disorders on speech treatment outcomes.
AB - Purpose Stuttering during adulthood is associated with a heightened rate of anxiety disorders, especially social anxiety disorder. Given the early onset of both anxiety and stuttering, this comorbidity could be present among stuttering children. Method Participants were 75 stuttering children 7–12 years and 150 matched non-stuttering control children. Multinomial and binary logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios for anxiety disorders, and two-sample t-tests compared scores on measures of anxiety and psycho-social difficulties. Results Compared to non-stuttering controls, the stuttering group had six-fold increased odds for social anxiety disorder, seven-fold increased odds for subclinical generalized anxiety disorder, and four-fold increased odds for any anxiety disorder. Conclusion These results show that, as is the case during adulthood, stuttering during childhood is associated with a significantly heightened rate of anxiety disorders. Future research is needed to determine the impact of those disorders on speech treatment outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jfludis.2016.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jfludis.2016.07.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 27638189
AN - SCOPUS:84982822126
SN - 0094-730X
VL - 49
SP - 13
EP - 28
JO - Journal of Fluency Disorders
JF - Journal of Fluency Disorders
ER -