Can a new intensive model of aphasia rehabilitation achieve better outcomes than usual care with chronic aphasia resulting from stroke?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stroke; Aphasia; Stroke - Ischaemic; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613001182785
• Lead Sponsor: Professor Linda Worrall

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-10-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 550

Inclusion Criteria

1. Participants with aphasia:

Confirmed stroke (medical chart) and confirmed aphasia using the Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test.
Score above cut-off on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment cognitive screen.
Willing to forego other speech therapy for the duration of the study and during follow-up
Able to toilet independently or with the assistance of an accompanying caregiver.
Requires at least 7 more weeks of therapy as reported by the referring speech pathologist
English language, hearing and vision sufficient for therapy as judged by the referring speech pathologist and the research assistant.

2. Family members/carers of participants with aphasia:

Able to speak English

3. Treating speech pathologists

Qualified practising speech pathologists, employed by either UQ or the partner hospitals, who are providing either LIFT or usual care to the people with aphasia in this study.

4. Speech pathology stakeholders

Speech pathology managers, speech pathologists and consumers (i.e. people with aphasia and their family members/carers)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants with aphasia:

Co-existing neurological or mental health condition (e.g., dementia, severe depression)
Severe apraxia of speech or severe dysarthria
Global aphasia preventing completion of assessments tasks
Transition care patients who receive aphasia services at home on discharge from hospital

2. Family members/carers of people with aphasia:

Must not have dementia or other cognitive impairments
Must not have uncorrected vision or hearing impairments that will prevent participation

3. Treating speech pathologists

No exclusion criteria

4. Speech pathology stakeholders

No exclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified