Almudhi Abdulaziz, Aldokhi Mansour, Reshwan Ibrahim, Alshehri Sultan
Department of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Speech Fluency Clinic, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021 Jan;28(1):664-668. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.10.057. Epub 2020 Nov 4.
Stuttering is a common disease that exists in all societies and ethnic groups of differing incidence rates. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the social awareness of stuttering in the Saudi community on the basis of a questionnaire. We will try to examine the incidence, triggers and duration of stuttering in the Saudi community. This study is descriptive, a questionnaire-based analysis involving the active participation of the Saudi community. The questionnaire, exposure to Stuttering, was addressed and balanced in terms of ethnicity, age and schooling. A total of 1,000 Saudi people was invited to participate in this questionnaire-based survey, with only 878 participants between 18 and 65 years of age participating in the study; most of them were males. In this survey, 79.5% of the Saudi population studies, most of them male (60.5% vs. 25.0% female) claimed that more than 6% of the population had stutters. There was also a substantial correlation between the degree of schooling, sex, and person experience and attitudes towards stuttering. It was often assumed that younger ages were prone to higher instances of stuttering relative to older ages (≤18 years vs 18 years of age). In comparison, handiness and IQ scores did not indicate any correlation with the occurrence of stuttering among the Saudi community. In conclusion, this questionnaire-based analysis, participants of both sexes claimed that more than 6% of the Saudi population were impaired by stuttering, which increased dramatically in males relative to females. They also claimed that both handiness and IQ ratings had little impact on the rate of stuttering. However, scant research on the effects of stuttering has scarcely been reported. Future experiments of effective public education preparation and health actions for stuttering are also welcome.
口吃是一种普遍存在于所有社会和不同发病率的种族群体中的疾病。因此，本研究的目的是基于一份调查问卷来调查沙特社区对口吃的社会认知。我们将试图研究沙特社区口吃的发病率、诱发因素和持续时间。本研究是描述性的，基于问卷的分析，沙特社区积极参与其中。这份名为《口吃认知》的问卷在种族、年龄和教育程度方面进行了设计和平衡。总共邀请了1000名沙特人参与这项基于问卷的调查，只有878名年龄在18至65岁之间的参与者参与了研究；其中大多数是男性。在这项调查中，79.5%的沙特人口研究对象（其中大多数是男性，男性占60.5%，女性占25.0%）声称超过6%的人口患有口吃。教育程度、性别、个人经历与对口吃的态度之间也存在显著相关性。人们通常认为，相对于年长人群（≤18岁与18岁以上），年轻人更容易出现较高的口吃发生率。相比之下，灵巧性和智商得分与沙特社区口吃的发生没有任何相关性。总之，基于这份问卷分析，男女参与者都声称超过6%的沙特人口受到口吃的影响，其中男性相对于女性大幅增加。他们还声称灵巧性和智商评分对口吃发生率影响不大。然而，关于口吃影响的研究很少被报道。未来也欢迎对口吃进行有效的公众教育准备和健康行动的实验。
