The Effect of a Tablet-based Aphasia Therapy in the Chronic Phase After Stroke
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 干预措施
- 未指定
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Aphasia
- 发起方
- University Hospital, Ghent
- 入组人数
- 15
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Boston Naming Test (BNT)
- 状态
- 已完成
- 最后更新
- 3年前
概览
简要总结
Aphasia is one of the most common and disabling disorders following stroke, in many cases resolving in long-term deficits. There is evidence that intensive aphasia therapy is effective for language recovery, even in the chronic phase post-stroke. However, as many patients are left with residual language disorders and intensive aphasia rehabilitation is difficult to achieve, the investigators are exploring tablet-based therapies to further facilitate language recovery in a cost-effective manner.
详细描述
This study will investigate the clinical effects of intensive tablet-based aphasia therapy as an add-on to conventional aphasia therapy (= high intensive) compared to conventional aphasia therapy (either alone, or in combination with recreational tablet use (= low intensive) in patients with aphasia following stroke, as measured by specific linguistic tests, within task improvements, functional communication and quality of life. Furthermore, the investigators want to learn more about the recovery of specific underlying language processes via event-related potentials (ERPs). At last, the investigators aim to explore whether patients with aphasia are satisfied with a tablet-based aphasia therapy, whether the app is user-friendly and which barriers the participants might have encountered.
研究者
入排标准
入选标准
- •diagnosed with mild-severe aphasia (token test score between 7 and 49) after a left hemispheric ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
- •inclusion starting from 6 months post-stroke
- •age 18 - 85 years
- •being right-handed (according to the questionnaire for handedness, Van Strien)
- •mother tongue: Dutch
- •imaging (CT or MRI) prior to inclusion
- •signed informed consent
排除标准
- •history of a previous stroke with persistent (\> 24 hours) language symptoms
- •history of other diseases of the central nervous system, psychological disorders and (developmental) speech and/or language disorders
- •serious non-linguistic, cognitive disorders (as documented in the patients' medical history)
- •inability to perform tablet-based tasks (based on a short training session)
- •excessive use of alcohol or drugs
结局指标
主要结局
Boston Naming Test (BNT)
时间窗: 4 months
Measure of word retrieval. Patients will have to name line drawings that gradually increase in difficulty
次要结局
- Spontaneous speech of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT)(4 months)
- Usability questionnaire(1 day)
- Quality of life (SAQOL-39-Nl)(4 months)