Reducing the impact of aphasia in stroke patients and their caregivers a year post onset via a brief early intervention: a cluster randomised control trial of the Aphasia Action Success Knowledge (ASK) program.
- Conditions
- StrokeAphasiaDepressionMental Health - DepressionPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapyStroke - Ischaemic
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12614000979651
- Lead Sponsor
- The University Of Queensland
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 344
Inclusion criteria for aphasia patients include:
Onset of first stroke in the past 6 months and diagnosis of aphasia
18 years
Inclusion criteria for nominated family members if able to be involved include:
> 18 years
Sufficient hearing level and English language skills to participate
People with aphasia and their family member(s) will be excluded if they have concomitant progressive neurological conditions (for example, dementia) or a concurrent medical condition impacting on their mental health (for example, cancer) as confirmed by self-report. There are no other inclusion or exclusion criteria for family member participants.
People with aphasia must present with their first incidence of post stroke aphasia and will be excluded for the following reasons:
1) aphasia as an etiology other than stroke,
2) a current psychiatric diagnosis (for example, depressive disorder or anxiety disorder confirmed by medical record),
3) current depressive symptoms upon screening with the Stroke Aphasic Depression Questionnaire Hospital Version-10 (score of 12 or more) or The Depression Intensity Scale Circles (score of 3 or more),
4) receiving treatment in a psychiatric setting, or
5) enrolled in other aphasia or depression treatment studies.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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