We received some very exciting news at the end of last week, our Cochrane Review ‘Behavioural interventions for reducing stuttering in children aged 2-5 years’ has been registered which means we can commence working on the protocol for our review!
Our PhD-candidate, Åse Sjøstrand, will be the first author of this review and will collaborate with an international team: Elaina Kefalianos, Arne Lervåg, Elisabeth Holm, Hilde Hofslundsengen, Melanie Kirmess, a post-doctoral student (to be determined) and Kari-Anne Bottegaard Næss. The aim of our review is to identify the best intervention worldwide for children who stutter. Currently, approaches to managing preschool stuttering differ internationally; different interventions are being used in different countries. It is therefore essential to determine what the most effective available intervention is to inform future management of preschool children who stutter.
Cochrane is world renowned for
publishing outstanding systematic reviews about health care intervention. To
conduct a Cochrane Review, we will use a stringent set of protocols to evaluate
and synthesise all of the empirical evidence that satisfies a set of pre-determined
eligibility criteria. This process minimises the risk of bias thus ensuring
that a high quality systematic review is produced. You can learn more about the
Cochrane Review process here.
Cochrane is committed to promoting
evidence-based healthcare to improve health outcomes worldwide. Health
professionals and consumers have relied on Cochrane for the past 25 years to
inform their decision-making about health care. As such, the EST-project team is
very proud to be contributing to this global initiative to advance management
of childhood stuttering! Over the next few months, we will be very busy
developing the protocol for our systematic review. We look forward to sharing
updates with you along the way!
From the
EST-project team
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