Okalidou A, Kampanaros M
Department of Logotherapy, School of Health and Social Professions, Technological and Educational Institute of Patras, Koukouli, Patras, Greece.
Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2001 Oct-Dec;36(4):489-502. doi: 10.1080/13682820110089399.
The general aim was to obtain piloting data for a series of experiments about the prevalence of communication impairment in preschool children in Greece. At this screening stage of the overall project, teacher perceptions of communication impairment in 57 kindergartens servicing 1113 children were examined via a questionnaire distributed in the urban region of Patras. The specific research goals were (1) to screen for specific categories of communication impairment such as articulation/phonology, receptive language, expressive language and pragmatics, hearing, stuttering, and voice, as they appear in the mainstreamed kindergarten population and (2) to offer comparative information on sex differences in communication impairment(s). The information was gathered by administration of a Greek-adapted version of the Communication Checklist for Pre-school Teachers, which was administered three times to obtain validity and reliability measures. The results were analysed separately for two studies (original and follow-up) and indicated teacher estimates of 14.4-18.7% for communication impairment in kindergarten children of the Patras region. Prevalence was higher for boys than for girls. Analysis of specific communication areas revealed that prevalence varies according to gender and category of communicative impairment. The limitations and follow-up needs of this study are discussed.
总体目标是获取一系列关于希腊学龄前儿童沟通障碍患病率实验的试点数据。在整个项目的这个筛查阶段，通过在帕特雷城市地区发放的问卷，对为1113名儿童提供服务的57所幼儿园教师对沟通障碍的认知进行了调查。具体研究目标是：（1）筛查主流幼儿园群体中出现的特定类型的沟通障碍，如发音/音系、接受性语言、表达性语言和语用学、听力、口吃和嗓音等；（2）提供关于沟通障碍中性别差异的比较信息。这些信息是通过向学前教师发放希腊语改编版的《沟通检查表》收集的，该检查表发放了三次以获取效度和信度测量数据。对两项研究（原始研究和随访研究）的结果分别进行了分析，结果表明，帕特雷地区幼儿园儿童沟通障碍的教师估计患病率为14.4%-18.7%。男孩的患病率高于女孩。对特定沟通领域的分析表明，患病率因性别和沟通障碍类别而异。本文讨论了本研究的局限性和随访需求。
