- Title
- Predictors of Lidcombe Program treatment dropout and outcome for early stuttering
- Creator
- Park, Veronica; Onslow, Mark; Hewat, Sally; Lowe, Robyn; Jones, Mark; O'Brian, Sue; Packman, Ann; Menzies, Ross; Block, Susan; Wilson, Linda; Harrison, Elisabeth
- Relation
- NHMRC.1132370 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1132370
- Relation
- International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders Vol. 56, Issue 1, p. 102-115
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12586
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Background: Information is available about what predicts Lidcombe Program treatment time, but nothing is known about what predicts treatment prognosis. Aims: To investigate the predictors of treatment dropout and treatment outcome for children who were treated for early stuttering with the Lidcombe Program (N = 277). Methods & Procedures: A total of 32 variables were used as predictors in regression analyses of short- and medium-term Lidcombe Program outcome, and of treatment dropout. Outcomes & Results: Regression analyses associated children who have better language skills and easy temperament with better treatment outcome, although only a small portion of the variance of treatment outcome was accounted for by these variables. There was an association between treatment dropout and parental scores on a personality screening tool relating to their impulsivity. Conclusions & Implications: Variables identified as predictors of Lidcombe Program treatment outcome were statistically significant, but not clinically significant. They did not account for a clinically substantive portion of treatment outcomes. Findings about parental impulsivity and their relationship with intervention drop-out require replication with prospective methods and comprehensive assessment of parent psychological status. This is particularly important because parents are involved in conducting all early interventions.
- Subject
- children; early intervention; outcomes; stuttering
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1443377
- Identifier
- uon:41974
- Identifier
- ISSN:1368-2822
- Language
- eng
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