Public attitudes towards people who stutter in South Egypt.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Stuttering is a multifactorial speech disorder with significant social and psychological consequences. There is a lack of knowledge about public attitudes towards people who stutter (PWS) and the factors that can determine such attitudes in underprivileged communities. This study aimed to assess the public attitudes in South Egypt towards PWS and compare our results with those stored in a reference database representing 180 different samples.

Methods

A multi-stage random sampling approach was used to recruit 650 people from Beni-Suef City in South Egypt. All participants were interviewed using the Arabic version of the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Stuttering (POSHA-S) after getting their informed consent. This instrument assesses people's Beliefs and Sel

SUBMITTER: Arafa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7861357 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature