Evaluation of the Effects of Response Elaboration Training for Aphasia
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 47
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- verbal production of meaningful content words in connected speech
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of Response Elaboration Training (RET), which is a speech/language therapy for aphasia. The study is designed to determine whether verbal language production improves in terms of content and length of utterances as a result of treatment.
详细描述
Detailed Description:
Extended description of the protocol, including information not already contained in other fields, such as comparison(s) studied.
Example:
Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA) remains a significant cause of death, in spite of recent declines in overall mortality from cardiovascular disease. Existing methods of emergency resuscitation are inadequate due to time delays inherent in the transport of a trained responder with defibrillation capabilities to the side of the OOH-CA victim. Existing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems typically combine paramedic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) services with some level of community involvement, such as bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training. Some communities include automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at isolated sites or in mobile police or fire vehicles. A comprehensive, integrated community approach to treatment with AEDs would have community units served by these volunteer non-medical responders who can quickly identify and treat a patient with OOH-CA. Such an approach is termed Public Access Defibrillation (PAD).
Comparison(s): Community units trained and equipped to provide public access defibrillation in addition to optimal standard care, compared to community units trained to provide optimal standard care (recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 911 access, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Diagnosis of moderate to severe nonfluent or fluent aphasia
- •Nonverbal intelligence within normal limits
- •Auditory and visual acuity adequate for experimental tasks
- •6 months post-onset of single, focal brain injury (e.g., stroke)
排除标准
- •Previous history of therapy with RET
- •Diagnosed psychological disorder other than depression
- •Neurological condition other than that which resulted in aphasia
- •History of alcohol or substance abuse
- •Non-native English speaker
- •Premorbid history of speech/language disorder
结局指标
主要结局
verbal production of meaningful content words in connected speech
时间窗: 3 and 6 weeks following completion of treatment
Participants were asked to describe pictured scenes and to provide a monologue on a topic of their choice. Their speech/language was audio recorded during these tasks and recordings were transcribed by project speech/language pathologists. Counts of content words were made.
次要结局
未报告次要终点