The impact of stuttering on the quality of life in adults who stutter
The impact of stuttering on the quality of life in adults who stutter
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jfludis.2009.05.002
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Tran, Yvonne
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作者：
Craig, Ashley;Blumgart, Elaine;Tran, Yvonne
口吃是一种非自愿的流畅性障碍，在社会上并不罕见。然而，口吃对生活质量等综合指标的影响很少被估计。生活质量（QOL）从多维角度评估一个人的幸福感，有效和可靠的一般QOL测量可用于估计口吃对QOL的影响。这项研究涉及使用一种称为医学结局研究简表-36（SF-36）的生活质量一般测量方法，以评估200名口吃成年人（AWS）的口吃影响。比较200名年龄和性别比例相似的成年人谁不口吃，使口吃对生活质量的独特贡献可以估计。研究结果表明，口吃确实对生活质量的活力，社会功能，情绪功能和心理健康状况领域的负面影响。研究结果还初步表明，口吃严重程度增加的人可能有更高的情绪功能不佳的风险。这些发现对治疗有启示，例如必须解决AWS中QOL的情感和心理方面的问题，以及需要额外的临床资源投入到口吃治疗中。教育目标：读者将能够：（a）总结使用SF-36进行生活质量评估的方法;（B）描述口吃对口吃成年人生活质量的影响;（c）比较口吃对不口吃的成年人生活质量的影响;（d）描述口吃频率和生活质量之间的关系。(C)2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Stuttering is an involuntary fluency disorder that is not uncommon in society. However, the impact of stuttering on a composite measure such as quality of life has rarely been estimated. Quality of life (QOL) assesses the well-being of a person from a multidimensional perspective, and valid and reliable general QOL measures are available that can be used to estimate the impact of stuttering on QOL. This study involved the use of a general measure of QOL called the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) in order to assess the impact of stuttering in 200 adults who stutter (AWS). Comparisons to 200 adults of similar age and sex ratio who do not stutter were made so that the unique contribution of stuttering on QOL could be estimated. Findings indicated that stuttering does negatively impact QOL in the vitality, social functioning, emotional functioning and mental health status domains. Results also tentatively suggest that people who stutter with increased levels of severity may have a higher risk of poor emotional functioning. These findings have implications for treatment such as the necessity to address the emotional and psychological aspects of QOL in AWS and the need for additional clinical resources to be invested in stuttering treatment.Educational objectives: The reader will be able to: (a) summarize the method used in quality of life assessment using the SF-36; (b) describe the impact of stuttering on the quality of life of adults who stutter; (c) compare the impact of stuttering to the quality of life of adults who do not stutter; (d) describe the relationship between frequency of stuttering and quality of life. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.