Virtual Reality in Aphasia Rehabilitation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Aphasia; Stroke, Ischemic
• Interventions: Other: Cue-based speech therapy in virtual reality; Other: Cue-based speech therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06200025
• Lead Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University

Brief Summary

Virtual reality-based aphasia rehabilitation has been shown to improve the language skills of individuals with aphasia in the chronic period after stroke. However, non-immersive or semi-immersive rehabilitation methods have often been adopted in the studies. Considering the importance of the visual given to the patient for naming, it can be thought that full immersive therapy may be more effective. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of cue-based aphasia naming therapy in a fully immersive virtual reality environment on aphasia severity and aphasia-related quality of life and to compare it with standard cue treatments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-10-15
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-01
• Study Completion: 2023-09-15
• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Study First Submitted: 2023-12-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 102

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with non-fluent aphasia by a neurologist
• at least 4 months after stroke
• A score of 29 and above on the language score sub-item of the GAT scale

Exclusion Criteria

• severe sensory impairments (vision, hearing) that prevent participation in therapies
• severe motor dysfunction
• apraxia
• neglect
• dementia
• psychiatric disorders
• 3D vision problems

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Virtual Reality Group	Cue-based speech therapy in virtual reality	visual and auditory cue-based aphasia rehabilitation program in full immersive virtual reality
Conventional Group	Cue-based speech therapy	visual and auditory cue-based aphasia rehabilitation program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Gülhane Aphasia Test	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Gülhane Aphasia Test-2 (GAT-2) was used to assess aphasia severity. GAT-2 is a valid and reliable test developed by Maviş et al. to evaluate aphasia and to obtain information about motor speech disorders such as dysarthria and apraxia that may accompany aphasia.; The GAT-2 consists of 7 subsections: speech fluency, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, oral-motor evaluation, automatic speech, repetition and naming. A maximum total score of 82 can be obtained and higher scores are associated with better speech function.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39 (SAQOL-39)	through study completion, an average of 1 year	It is a 39-item valid and reliable scale used to assess quality of life in individuals with aphasia, which examines 4 sub-headings: physical, psychosocial, communication and energy. In 21 items of the scale, the difficulties experienced by individuals with aphasia in their activities in the last week are evaluated, and in the other 18 items, the emotional reactions and possible problems experienced by individuals in the last week are questioned.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Health Sciences Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University; 🇹🇷 Bolu, Merkez, Turkey