Uysal Halil Tayyip, Köse Ayşen
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey.
Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2021 May;56(3):653-661. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12621. Epub 2021 Apr 19.
Self-assessments for adults who stutter are recommended as a primary evaluation tool for including their views on stuttering. Evaluating adults who stutter with self-assessment scales is important. However, there is no tool in the Turkish literature that provides this measurement.
To develop the Turkish version of The Wright and Ayre Stuttering Self-Rating Profile (WASSP) in order to analyse its validity and reliability, and investigate its applicability for Turkish-speaking individuals.
METHODS & PROCEDURES: The study included 120 adults who stutter (aged 18-54 years). All the participants completed The Wright and Ayre Stuttering Self-Rating Profile-Turkish version (WASSP-TR) and the SF-36 form. The reliability analysis involved the calculation of Cronbach's alphas for test-retest and the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient for internal consistency. The validity analysis, in turn, involved a confirmatory factor analysis for construct validity and testing correlations with the SF-36 for criterion validity.
OUTCOMES & RESULTS: Internal consistency coefficients of the WASSP-TR were reported to be high (> 0.70). The correlations between the WASSP-TR and its subscales showed significant results (0.858-0.966) (p < 0.01). The correlation between the subscales of the WASSP-TR and the SF-36 was reported to be consistent (from -0.492 to 0.747). There was a positive correlation between stuttering severity groups and the WASSP-TR scores (p < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: The WASSP-TR is a valid and reliable scale for Turkish-speaking adults who stutter. What this paper adds What is already known on the subject Self-assessment tools are recommended as a primary use when assessing adults who stutter. The WASSP is one of these measurement tools. However, the adaptation, validity and reliability study of the WASSP to Turkish has not been investigated. What this paper adds to existing knowledge This study shows that the Turkish version of the WASSP scale is valid and reliable and can be used with adults who stutter. Furthermore, the present adaptation study has been developed in order to evaluate social-emotional aspects of stuttering. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? A tool that includes evaluating the behaviour, cognition, affect and participation areas as well as the stuttering behaviours of adults who stutter was adapted. This tool is expected to be useful for comprehensive evaluation of adults who stutter in clinics, in research and for pre/post-therapy.
对于口吃成年人的自我评估被推荐作为纳入他们对口吃看法的主要评估工具。使用自我评估量表对口吃成年人进行评估很重要。然而，土耳其语文献中没有提供这种测量的工具。
开发《赖特和艾尔口吃自评量表》（WASSP）的土耳其语版本，以分析其有效性和可靠性，并调查其对说土耳其语个体的适用性。
该研究纳入了120名口吃成年人（年龄在18 - 54岁之间）。所有参与者都完成了《赖特和艾尔口吃自评量表 - 土耳其语版本》（WASSP - TR）和SF - 36表格。可靠性分析包括计算重测信度的克朗巴哈系数以及内部一致性的皮尔逊积差相关系数。有效性分析则包括进行结构效度的验证性因素分析以及与SF - 36进行相关性检验以验证效标效度。
WASSP - TR的内部一致性系数较高（> 0.70）。WASSP - TR与其分量表之间的相关性显示出显著结果（0.858 - 0.966）（p < 0.01）。据报告，WASSP - TR的分量表与SF - 36之间的相关性是一致的（从 - 0.492到0.747）。口吃严重程度组与WASSP - TR得分之间存在正相关（p < 0.01）。
WASSP - TR对于说土耳其语的口吃成年人是一个有效且可靠的量表。
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在评估口吃成年人时，推荐将自我评估工具作为主要用途。WASSP是这些测量工具之一。然而，尚未对WASSP在土耳其语中的改编、有效性和可靠性进行研究。
本研究表明WASSP量表的土耳其语版本是有效且可靠的，可用于口吃成年人。此外，本次改编研究旨在评估口吃的社会情感方面。
这项工作的潜在或实际临床意义是什么？改编了一个包括评估口吃成年人的行为、认知、情感和参与领域以及口吃行为的工具。预计该工具将有助于在临床、研究以及治疗前/后对口吃成年人进行全面评估。
