ReaDySpeech: clinical testing
- Conditions
- Topic: StrokeSubtopic: RehabilitationDisease: Therapy typeCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN90031373
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Manchester
- Brief Summary
1. 2016 results in https://doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2016.1257410 (added 24/01/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 12
Inclusion criteria for clinicians: Clinicians will be recruited from 4 North West NHS sites that have already agreed to be involved in both the preliminary testing phase of the study and the future feasibility study. These clinicians will have a stroke caseload.
Inclusion criteria for patient participants:
1. Patients with dysarthria as a result of stroke as diagnosed by a speech and language therapist
2. Patients more than 12 weeks post stroke with no upper limit post stroke
3. Patients who are willing to trial the computer based programme ReaDySpeech.
4. Participants will present with dysarthria, willing and able to undertake communication therapy (in clinicians' opinion)
5. Sufficient ability in English to participate in therapy without a translator
6. Medically stable
7. Able to give informed consent to participate
There is no clinician exclusion criteria.
Patient participant exclusion criteria:
1. Patients with cognitive or language difficulties that will prevent them giving informed consent or using a computer
2. Patients with insufficient grasp of English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Structured and open questions following testing phase of the intervention. The questions intend to find out training needs for patients and clinicians as well as support needs for patients and clinician.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Adherence to the online programme. Measured by online history of interaction.