Table 1. Stuttering-like disfluencies–between-group comparisons.
Speech task | Group | Mean(±SD) | H | df | p-value | Pairwise analysis |
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Monologue speech | PD | 3.85(±4.18) | 65.76 | 2 | <0.001* | PD≠DS p = 0.005* PD≠CG p<0.001* DS≠CG p<0.001* |
DS | 31.05(±18.37) | |||||
CG | 0.22(±0.61) | |||||
Solo oral reading | PD | 1.80(±2.01) | 59.49 | 2 | <0.001* | PD≠DS p<0.001* PD≠CG p = 0.008* DS≠CG p<0.001* |
DS | 25.25(±18.73) | |||||
CG | 0.17(±0.50) | |||||
Choral reading | PD | 0.20(±0.52) | 12.49 | 2 | 0.002* | PD = DS p = 0.337 PD = CG p = 0.290 DS≠CG p<0.001* |
DS | 1.30(±3.61) | |||||
CG | 0(±0) |
PD–Parkinson’s disease; DS–developmental stuttering; CG–control group; SD–standard deviation; df—degrees of freedom
* significant results; Kruskal-Wallis test and Dunn-Bonferroni test.