Jąkanie
Rokowania, prognozy i postęp choroby

Jąkanie rozpoczyna się zazwyczaj w dzieciństwie, z 95% przypadków ujawniających się przed 4. rokiem życia, średnio w wieku około 33 miesięcy. Wskaźniki samoistnego ustąpienia jąkania wynoszą około 88-91%, choć mogą spaść do około 60% przy uwzględnieniu samooceny dziecka. Kluczowe czynniki prognostyczne obejmują pozytywny wywiad rodzinny, wiek i płeć dziecka, przy czym chłopcy mają większe ryzyko utrwalenia jąkania. Dodatkowo, utrwalenie jąkania jest bardziej prawdopodobne przy czasie trwania objawów powyżej 6-12 miesięcy, późniejszym początku (po 3. roku życia) oraz współistniejących zaburzeniach mowy i wolniejszym tempie rozwoju językowego.

  1. Prognostyka jąkania – przewidywanie wyników terapii
    1. Czynniki prognostyczne wystąpienia jąkania
    2. Czynniki ryzyka utrzymywania się jąkania
    3. Predyktory skuteczności terapii jąkania
    4. Znaczenie badań prognostycznych
    5. Dowody skuteczności terapii
    6. Kolejne rozdziały

Prognostyka jąkania – przewidywanie wyników terapii

Prognostyka jąkania oraz identyfikacja czynników predykcyjnych efektów leczenia ma istotne znaczenie kliniczne, szczególnie ze względu na negatywne konsekwencje życiowe związane z tym zaburzeniem. Wiedza dotycząca wskaźników prognostycznych umożliwia przewidywanie ryzyka wystąpienia jąkania, jego utrzymywania się oraz skuteczności interwencji terapeutycznych.1 Identyfikacja zmiennych predykcyjnych pozwala na ocenę ryzyka i dostosowanie metod terapeutycznych do osób, które mogą nie odnosić długoterminowych korzyści z konwencjonalnych metod leczenia.2

Czynniki prognostyczne wystąpienia jąkania

Jąkanie zazwyczaj rozpoczyna się w dzieciństwie. Około 95% dzieci, które się jąkają, zaczyna to robić przed ukończeniem 4 roku życia, a średni wiek wystąpienia objawów wynosi około 33 miesiące. Początek może być stopniowy lub nagły.3 Według szacunków Yairi i Ambrose (2013), wskaźniki samoistnego ustąpienia objawów (z interwencją terapeutyczną lub bez niej) wynoszą około 88-91%. Wskaźniki te mogą być niższe (około 60%), gdy uwzględnia się samoocenę dziecka oprócz raportów klinicystów i rodziców (Einarsdttir et al., 2020).4

Główne czynniki prognostyczne wystąpienia jąkania obejmują:5

  • Pozytywny wywiad rodzinny w kierunku jąkania
  • Wiek dziecka
  • Płeć dziecka

Czynniki ryzyka utrzymywania się jąkania

Niemożliwe jest określenie z całkowitą pewnością, u których dzieci jąkanie będzie się utrzymywać, jednak istnieją czynniki wskazujące na większe prawdopodobieństwo, że jąkanie stanie się utrwalone:6

  • Płeć dziecka – chłopcy mają większe prawdopodobieństwo rozwinięcia utrwalonego jąkania niż dziewczynki (Craig et al., 2002; Yairi & Ambrose, 2013)7
  • Rodzinny wywiad w kierunku utrwalonego jąkania (Kraft & Yairi, 2011)8
  • Czas trwania objawów przekraczający 6-12 miesięcy od początku lub brak poprawy przez kilka miesięcy (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005)9
  • Wiek wystąpienia – dzieci, u których jąkanie zaczyna się w wieku 3 lat lub później (Yairi & Ambrose, 2005)10
  • Wolniejsze tempo rozwoju językowego (Leech et al., 2017, 2019) lub współwystępujące zaburzenia mowy i języka (Ntourou et al., 2011; Yaruss et al., 1998)11

Predyktory skuteczności terapii jąkania

Badania kliniczne wykazały, że leczenie behawioralne oparte na wariantach metody przedłużonej mowy (prolonged-speech, PS) stanowi najlepszą praktykę w redukcji częstości jąkania u dorosłych.12 W kontekście przewidywania skuteczności terapii, badania wskazują na różne czynniki prognostyczne:

Nasilenie jąkania przed terapią

Najbardziej spójnym czynnikiem prognostycznym rezultatów terapii jest częstość jąkania przed rozpoczęciem leczenia.13 Badania wykazały, że wskaźnik jąkania przed terapią może przewidywać wyniki zarówno krótko-, jak i długoterminowe.14

Osiągnięcie celów terapeutycznych

W badaniach nad predyktorami nawrotu jąkania po skutecznym leczeniu behawioralnym lub psychoterapii dynamicznej, zidentyfikowano trzy kluczowe cele, których osiągnięcie do ostatniego dnia terapii jest najsilniejszym predyktorem długoterminowego powodzenia:15

  1. Opanowanie umiejętności potwierdzone brakiem jąkania
  2. Normalizacja postaw wobec komunikacji
  3. Internalizacja poczucia kontroli (wewnętrzne umiejscowienie kontroli)

Wśród osób, które osiągnęły te trzy cele, 97% utrzymało poprawę mowy w perspektywie długoterminowej. Żadna osoba, która nie osiągnęła żadnego z tych celów, nie zachowała płynności mowy, podczas gdy osoby osiągające jeden lub dwa cele miały pośrednie wyniki. Żaden pojedynczy cel nie był konieczny i żaden sam w sobie nie był wystarczający do utrzymania poprawy. Zarówno rzeczywiste, jak i postrzegane opanowanie jąkania wydają się istotne dla osiągnięcia satysfakcjonujących rezultatów długoterminowych.16

Czynniki nieistotne prognostycznie

Interesującym odkryciem niektórych badań jest to, że zmienne niebehawioralne, takie jak postawa wobec komunikacji i umiejscowienie kontroli, nie przewidywały wyników leczenia. Jest to sprzeczne z ustaleniami większości wcześniejszych badań.17 Ta rozbieżność wskazuje na potrzebę dalszych badań w celu wyjaśnienia rzeczywistej roli tych czynników w prognozowaniu wyników terapii.

Znaczenie badań prognostycznych

Badania nad czynnikami prognostycznymi i predykcyjnymi jąkania wymagają replikacji, ale z ulepszonym projektem badawczym.18 Mimo to, aktualnie dostępne dane mają istotne implikacje kliniczne:

  • Umożliwiają wczesną identyfikację dzieci z większym ryzykiem utrzymującego się jąkania
  • Pomagają w dostosowaniu interwencji terapeutycznych do indywidualnych potrzeb
  • Pozwalają na bardziej precyzyjne informowanie pacjentów i ich rodzin o potencjalnych wynikach terapii

Dowody skuteczności terapii

Pomimo wyraźnej potrzeby opartych na dowodach terapii dla dzieci jąkających się w wieku 8-14 lat, nadal brakuje mocnych dowodów na ich skuteczność. Logopedzi oceniają swoją wiedzę i pewność w tym obszarze jako niskie.19 Niemniej jednak, badania pilotażowe, takie jak te dotyczące terapii Palin STSC(8-14), wskazują, że pełnowymiarowe randomizowane badania kontrolowane są wykonalne i uzasadnione w celu oceny skuteczności tego typu interwencji.20

Podsumowując, przewidywanie wyników leczenia jąkania wymaga zrozumienia złożonych interakcji między czynnikami biologicznymi, psychologicznymi i terapeutycznymi. Dalsze badania w tym obszarze mogą znacząco przyczynić się do poprawy efektywności interwencji i jakości życia osób jąkających się.

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Materiały źródłowe

  • #1 Stuttering prognosis and predictive factors of treatment outcome: A review
    https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/3406/
    There is value in understanding the prognostic indicators of stuttering onset and stuttering persistence due to the associated negative life consequences. […] Knowledge of the factors relevant to treatment success is required to enhance client outcomes. […] Prognostic indicators for stuttering onset include positive family history, age, and gender; whereas for persistent stuttering they are gender, age of onset, time since onset, and family history of persistence. […] The most consistent factor for predicting treatment outcomes is pre-treatment stuttering rate. […] Overall, the findings of studies of prognostic and predictive factors of stuttering need replication, but with improved study design.
  • #2 Connecting stuttering management and measurement: IV. Predictors of outcome for a behavioural treatment for stuttering – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16815808/
    Clinical trials have shown that behavioural treatments based on variants of prolonged-speech (PS) are best practice for reducing the stuttering rate in adults. […] Consequently, there has been interest in attempting to establish variables that predict responsiveness to PS-based treatments. Identifying such variables would enable risk prediction and also contribute to the tailoring of treatments to suit individuals who are less likely to benefit in the long-term from the conventional PS-based treatments. […] While the stuttering rate predicted outcome, neither of the two non-behavioural variables predicted outcome in either the short- or the long-term. […] The most significant finding is that the non-behavioural variables of attitude to communication and locus of control did not predict treatment outcomes. This is contrary to the findings of most previous studies.
  • #3 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Stuttering typically begins in childhood. Approximately 95% of children who stutter start to do so before the age of 4 years, and the average age of onset is approximately 33 months. Onset may be progressive or sudden. […] Yairi and Ambrose (2013) estimated that the recovery rates (with or without intervention) are approximately 88%91%. Rates may be lower (approximately 60%) when considering child-reported recovery in addition to clinician and parent reports (Einarsdttir et al., 2020). […] It is not possible to determine with certainty which children will continue to stutter, but there are some factors that indicate a greater likelihood that stuttering will become persistent. […] The following factors may be associated with persistent stuttering: Sex of the childboys are more likely to develop persistent stuttering than girls (Craig et al., 2002; Yairi Ambrose, 2013); it is unclear if studies used sex assigned at birth or gender identity to determine these categories. Additional research is needed regarding the intersex and non-binary/gender-nonconforming communities.
  • #4 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Stuttering typically begins in childhood. Approximately 95% of children who stutter start to do so before the age of 4 years, and the average age of onset is approximately 33 months. Onset may be progressive or sudden. […] Yairi and Ambrose (2013) estimated that the recovery rates (with or without intervention) are approximately 88%91%. Rates may be lower (approximately 60%) when considering child-reported recovery in addition to clinician and parent reports (Einarsdttir et al., 2020). […] It is not possible to determine with certainty which children will continue to stutter, but there are some factors that indicate a greater likelihood that stuttering will become persistent. […] The following factors may be associated with persistent stuttering: Sex of the childboys are more likely to develop persistent stuttering than girls (Craig et al., 2002; Yairi Ambrose, 2013); it is unclear if studies used sex assigned at birth or gender identity to determine these categories. Additional research is needed regarding the intersex and non-binary/gender-nonconforming communities.
  • #5 Stuttering prognosis and predictive factors of treatment outcome: A review
    https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/3406/
    There is value in understanding the prognostic indicators of stuttering onset and stuttering persistence due to the associated negative life consequences. […] Knowledge of the factors relevant to treatment success is required to enhance client outcomes. […] Prognostic indicators for stuttering onset include positive family history, age, and gender; whereas for persistent stuttering they are gender, age of onset, time since onset, and family history of persistence. […] The most consistent factor for predicting treatment outcomes is pre-treatment stuttering rate. […] Overall, the findings of studies of prognostic and predictive factors of stuttering need replication, but with improved study design.
  • #6 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Stuttering typically begins in childhood. Approximately 95% of children who stutter start to do so before the age of 4 years, and the average age of onset is approximately 33 months. Onset may be progressive or sudden. […] Yairi and Ambrose (2013) estimated that the recovery rates (with or without intervention) are approximately 88%91%. Rates may be lower (approximately 60%) when considering child-reported recovery in addition to clinician and parent reports (Einarsdttir et al., 2020). […] It is not possible to determine with certainty which children will continue to stutter, but there are some factors that indicate a greater likelihood that stuttering will become persistent. […] The following factors may be associated with persistent stuttering: Sex of the childboys are more likely to develop persistent stuttering than girls (Craig et al., 2002; Yairi Ambrose, 2013); it is unclear if studies used sex assigned at birth or gender identity to determine these categories. Additional research is needed regarding the intersex and non-binary/gender-nonconforming communities.
  • #7 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Stuttering typically begins in childhood. Approximately 95% of children who stutter start to do so before the age of 4 years, and the average age of onset is approximately 33 months. Onset may be progressive or sudden. […] Yairi and Ambrose (2013) estimated that the recovery rates (with or without intervention) are approximately 88%91%. Rates may be lower (approximately 60%) when considering child-reported recovery in addition to clinician and parent reports (Einarsdttir et al., 2020). […] It is not possible to determine with certainty which children will continue to stutter, but there are some factors that indicate a greater likelihood that stuttering will become persistent. […] The following factors may be associated with persistent stuttering: Sex of the childboys are more likely to develop persistent stuttering than girls (Craig et al., 2002; Yairi Ambrose, 2013); it is unclear if studies used sex assigned at birth or gender identity to determine these categories. Additional research is needed regarding the intersex and non-binary/gender-nonconforming communities.
  • #8 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Family history of persistent stuttering (Kraft Yairi, 2011). […] Duration of greater than 612 months since onset or no improvement over several months (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Age of onsetchildren who start stuttering at age 3 years or later (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Slower rates of language development (Leech et al., 2017, 2019) or co-occurring speech and language impairment (Ntourou et al., 2011; Yaruss et al., 1998).
  • #9 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Family history of persistent stuttering (Kraft Yairi, 2011). […] Duration of greater than 612 months since onset or no improvement over several months (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Age of onsetchildren who start stuttering at age 3 years or later (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Slower rates of language development (Leech et al., 2017, 2019) or co-occurring speech and language impairment (Ntourou et al., 2011; Yaruss et al., 1998).
  • #10 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Family history of persistent stuttering (Kraft Yairi, 2011). […] Duration of greater than 612 months since onset or no improvement over several months (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Age of onsetchildren who start stuttering at age 3 years or later (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Slower rates of language development (Leech et al., 2017, 2019) or co-occurring speech and language impairment (Ntourou et al., 2011; Yaruss et al., 1998).
  • #11 Stuttering, Cluttering, and Fluency
    https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/clinical-topics/fluency-disorders/?srsltid=AfmBOornwcijAS_61AzXpRgbcsiS8T5t4_mp5d5j4VmgnBBevnyckhu1
    Family history of persistent stuttering (Kraft Yairi, 2011). […] Duration of greater than 612 months since onset or no improvement over several months (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Age of onsetchildren who start stuttering at age 3 years or later (Yairi Ambrose, 2005). […] Slower rates of language development (Leech et al., 2017, 2019) or co-occurring speech and language impairment (Ntourou et al., 2011; Yaruss et al., 1998).
  • #12 Connecting stuttering management and measurement: IV. Predictors of outcome for a behavioural treatment for stuttering – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16815808/
    Clinical trials have shown that behavioural treatments based on variants of prolonged-speech (PS) are best practice for reducing the stuttering rate in adults. […] Consequently, there has been interest in attempting to establish variables that predict responsiveness to PS-based treatments. Identifying such variables would enable risk prediction and also contribute to the tailoring of treatments to suit individuals who are less likely to benefit in the long-term from the conventional PS-based treatments. […] While the stuttering rate predicted outcome, neither of the two non-behavioural variables predicted outcome in either the short- or the long-term. […] The most significant finding is that the non-behavioural variables of attitude to communication and locus of control did not predict treatment outcomes. This is contrary to the findings of most previous studies.
  • #13 Stuttering prognosis and predictive factors of treatment outcome: A review
    https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/3406/
    There is value in understanding the prognostic indicators of stuttering onset and stuttering persistence due to the associated negative life consequences. […] Knowledge of the factors relevant to treatment success is required to enhance client outcomes. […] Prognostic indicators for stuttering onset include positive family history, age, and gender; whereas for persistent stuttering they are gender, age of onset, time since onset, and family history of persistence. […] The most consistent factor for predicting treatment outcomes is pre-treatment stuttering rate. […] Overall, the findings of studies of prognostic and predictive factors of stuttering need replication, but with improved study design.
  • #14 Connecting stuttering management and measurement: IV. Predictors of outcome for a behavioural treatment for stuttering – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16815808/
    Clinical trials have shown that behavioural treatments based on variants of prolonged-speech (PS) are best practice for reducing the stuttering rate in adults. […] Consequently, there has been interest in attempting to establish variables that predict responsiveness to PS-based treatments. Identifying such variables would enable risk prediction and also contribute to the tailoring of treatments to suit individuals who are less likely to benefit in the long-term from the conventional PS-based treatments. […] While the stuttering rate predicted outcome, neither of the two non-behavioural variables predicted outcome in either the short- or the long-term. […] The most significant finding is that the non-behavioural variables of attitude to communication and locus of control did not predict treatment outcomes. This is contrary to the findings of most previous studies.
  • #15 Prediction of outcome after treatment for stuttering – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3255438/
    Predicting who will relapse after behavioural or dynamic psychotherapy is important. A search for variables likely to predict individuals at risk of relapse was conducted in two groups of successfully treated stutterers. The most powerful predictors were the attainment of three goals by the last day of treatment; namely, skill mastery as evidenced by no stuttering, normal attitudes to communication, and an internalisation of the locus of control. Of the subjects who achieved these three goals, 97% maintained their improved speech in the long term. No subject who failed to achieve any of these goals remained fluent, while those who achieved one or two goals had intermediate outcomes. No single goal was necessary and none alone was sufficient to maintain improvement. Both actual and perceived mastery over stuttering appear to be important if the long-term outcome is to be satisfactory.
  • #16 Prediction of outcome after treatment for stuttering – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3255438/
    Predicting who will relapse after behavioural or dynamic psychotherapy is important. A search for variables likely to predict individuals at risk of relapse was conducted in two groups of successfully treated stutterers. The most powerful predictors were the attainment of three goals by the last day of treatment; namely, skill mastery as evidenced by no stuttering, normal attitudes to communication, and an internalisation of the locus of control. Of the subjects who achieved these three goals, 97% maintained their improved speech in the long term. No subject who failed to achieve any of these goals remained fluent, while those who achieved one or two goals had intermediate outcomes. No single goal was necessary and none alone was sufficient to maintain improvement. Both actual and perceived mastery over stuttering appear to be important if the long-term outcome is to be satisfactory.
  • #17 Connecting stuttering management and measurement: IV. Predictors of outcome for a behavioural treatment for stuttering – PubMed
    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16815808/
    Clinical trials have shown that behavioural treatments based on variants of prolonged-speech (PS) are best practice for reducing the stuttering rate in adults. […] Consequently, there has been interest in attempting to establish variables that predict responsiveness to PS-based treatments. Identifying such variables would enable risk prediction and also contribute to the tailoring of treatments to suit individuals who are less likely to benefit in the long-term from the conventional PS-based treatments. […] While the stuttering rate predicted outcome, neither of the two non-behavioural variables predicted outcome in either the short- or the long-term. […] The most significant finding is that the non-behavioural variables of attitude to communication and locus of control did not predict treatment outcomes. This is contrary to the findings of most previous studies.
  • #18 Stuttering prognosis and predictive factors of treatment outcome: A review
    https://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworkspost2013/3406/
    There is value in understanding the prognostic indicators of stuttering onset and stuttering persistence due to the associated negative life consequences. […] Knowledge of the factors relevant to treatment success is required to enhance client outcomes. […] Prognostic indicators for stuttering onset include positive family history, age, and gender; whereas for persistent stuttering they are gender, age of onset, time since onset, and family history of persistence. […] The most consistent factor for predicting treatment outcomes is pre-treatment stuttering rate. […] Overall, the findings of studies of prognostic and predictive factors of stuttering need replication, but with improved study design.
  • #19 Palin stuttering therapy for school aged children and usual treatment: a randomised controlled trial feasibility study
    https://uobrep.openrepository.com/handle/10547/626561
    Background: Despite a clear need for and evidence-based therapy for some children who stutter aged 8-14, there is no high-level evidence of effectiveness, with Speech and Language Therapists rating knowledge and confidence low. […] Conclusions: The feasibility targets were met. Based on recruitment, retention and adherence rates and our outcome measures, a full-scale randomised controlled trial appears feasible and warranted to assess the effectiveness of Palin STSC(8-14).
  • #20 Palin stuttering therapy for school aged children and usual treatment: a randomised controlled trial feasibility study
    https://uobrep.openrepository.com/handle/10547/626561
    Background: Despite a clear need for and evidence-based therapy for some children who stutter aged 8-14, there is no high-level evidence of effectiveness, with Speech and Language Therapists rating knowledge and confidence low. […] Conclusions: The feasibility targets were met. Based on recruitment, retention and adherence rates and our outcome measures, a full-scale randomised controlled trial appears feasible and warranted to assess the effectiveness of Palin STSC(8-14).

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