Pediatric Speech Therapy Session Frequency and Speech Outcomes

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

39 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-01

Study Completion Date

2027-12-30

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial is to compare speech therapy outcomes in children ages 18 months to 16 years who participate in weekly speech therapy with home programming versus every-other week speech therapy with home programming in outpatient speech therapy. The main question it aims to answer is: Does a change in how often speech therapy sessions are delivered show an increased benefit in language and articulation standardized test scores? Participants will be randomly assigned to either (1) weekly or (2) every-other-week speech therapy for a total of 8 sessions. Researchers will compare these two groups to see if there are differences in speech outcomes.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Speech Therapy Language Disorders in Children Articulation Disorders in Children Communication Disorder, Childhood Pediatric Mode of Therapy Frequency of Therapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Every-other-week therapy with home programming

Receipt of standard speech therapy care (every-other-week) for 8.0 sessions

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Speech Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Delivery of speech therapy services

Weekly therapy with home programming

Receipt of speech therapy care (every week) for 8.0 sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Speech Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Delivery of speech therapy services

Interventions

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Speech Therapy

Delivery of speech therapy services

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Medical order for speech therapy
* Patients eligible for speech therapy at Connecticut Children's (qualify for receptive, expressive language and/or articulation therapy)
* Diagnosis of communication disorder.ICD-10 codes will be utilized pertaining to expressive, receptive language and articulation disorders (ICD-10 code specific to patient: F80.0, F80.1, F80.2, F80.4, F80.9, R47.89, R41.841)
* Patient recommended for individual (i.e. not group) treatment
* 18 months to 16 years of age
* Completed 1 plan of care (POC) with a duration of 8 sessions
* Attended at least 80% of scheduled visits during their plan of care period (still completing 8 sessions of therapy, may have extended time to completion).
* Services for a full 8-session plan of care.

Exclusion Criteria

* \- Seeking speech therapy care for treatment of disorders related to diagnosis of voice, feeding, fluency, and/or cognition
* Patient unable to complete standardized tests (EOWPVT-4, ROWPVT-4, GFTA-3, REEL-4)
* Patients in group speech therapy
* Patients younger than 18 months or older than 16 years of age
* Not willing to complete a full POC (8 sessions)
* Unable/unwilling to attend 80% of scheduled visits

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes