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JCPSLP
Volume 15, Number 3 2013
Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology
Table 3. Research design of papers listed in speechBITE™ by target area, etiology and intervention type and
year of publication
Variable
Systematic
Randomised Non-RCTs
Single case Case series
reviews (SRs)
controlled
experimental
(CSs)
trials (RCTs)
designs (SCEDs)
Main target area
n % n %
n %
n % n %
Speech
38
8
51 10
54
11
233
47
#
118
24
Language
113
7
276 16
145
8
933
54
#
250
15
Voice
19
5
50 13
52
14
71
19
184
49
#
Fluency
4
4
16 16
9
9
33
33
38
38
#
Swallowing
54
13
101 25
40
10
77
19
130
32
#
Literacy
42
5
217 26
146
18
300
36
#
117
14
Etiology (Client subgroup)
Alzheimer’s and other dementias
7
6
34 31
12 11
41 37
#
17 15
Attention deficit disorder
3 6
6 11
7 13
28 52
#
10 19
Autistic spectrum disorders (3)
45 10
59 13
30 7
262 60
#
42 10
Cancer
9 8
25 21
23 20
11 9
49 42
#
Cerebral Palsy
23 14
15 9
8 5
87 52
#
34 20
Cleft lip/palate and craniofacial abnormalities
9 13
8 11
13 18
11 15
31 43
#
Congenital Syndromes
13 8
19 12
12 7
93 58
#
24 15
Degenerative disorders/diseases
24 15
29 18
10 6
34 21
65 40
#
Hearing and visual impairment
10 6
12 8
19 12
64 40
#
55 34
Gerontology
0 0
1 7
1 7
4 27
9 60
#
Intellectual disability (4)
23 8
23 8
20 7
206 68
#
33 11
Laryngectomy
2 7
4 15
8 30
4 15
9 33
#
Mental health
2 5
2 5
1 3
26 68
#
7 18
Neurological conditions
18 14
8 6
11 8
61 46
#
35 26
Gastrointestinal conditions
3 8
9 23
1 3
7 18
19 49
#
Respiratory conditions
1 13
3 38#
1 13
0 0
3 38
#
Stroke/CVA (2)
42 6
87 12
40 5
435 59
#
139 19
General medical
3 7
3 7
4 10
14 33
18 43
#
Neonatal conditions
8 18
14 32
#
3 7
13 30
6 14
Tracheostomy
0 0
1 10
4 40
#
2 20
3 30
Traumatic brain injury (5)
23 11
22 11
14 7
100 50
#
42 21
Other/not specified (1
)
85 7
319 25
209 16
361 28
#
302 24
Intervention type
Speech/articulation/phonological therapy (4)
31 8
41 10
40 10
197 50
#
82 21
Language therapy (1)
89 6
210 15
121 9
753 55
#
205 15
Fluency/stuttering therapy
3 3
16 16
8 8
37 36
38 37
#
Swallowing/feeding intervention
47 14
82 24
31 9
71 21
104 31
#
Voice therapy (5)
19 6
47 14
46 13
68 20
165 48
#
Literacy and pre literacy intervention (2)
41 5
208 27
136 17
286 37
#
109 14
Computer based intervention
16 6
58 22
29 11
111 42
#
49 19
Augmentative/alternative therapy
37 12
15 5
13 4
214 69
#
31 10
Assistive devices, technological interventions (3)
23 5
61 14
40 9
214 49
#
103 23
Surgical
28 8
34 10
51 15
49 15
175 52
#
Pharmacological
27 11
67 28
15 6
42 18
85 36
#
Counselling
6 22
3 11
3 11
9 33
#
6 22
Complementary therapies
7 11
27 44
#
5 8
6 10
16 26
Education
6 6
32 30
#
14 13
25 24
28 27
Aural habilitation
1 2
9 16
10 17
12 21
26 45
#
Other
23 11
50 23
40 19
55 26
#
46 21
Publication period
pre 2000 (earliest publication 1951)
14 2
75 13
56 9
357 60
#
93 16
2000–03
18 5
68 18
29 8
193 51
#
70 19
2004–07
82 8
147 15
125 13
405 41
#
221 23
2008–11
136 8
332 21
188 12
550 34
#
413 26
Note:
Numbers in bold with # indicate the largest percentage design. In the first column, the most common client subgroups and interventions
are indicated in
bold
with their ranked number listed in brackets (
number
). A glossary of client subgroup terms can be found on the search page
within
speechBITE.com