Rotterdam Aphasia Therapy Study - 2.
Completed
- Conditions
- 1. Experimental condition: CLT 0-6 m.p.oControl condition: no-CLT 0-6 m.p.o2. Experimental condition: CLT 0-3 m.p.o. followed by no-CLT 3-6 m.p.o.Control condition: no-CLT 0-3 m.p.o. followed by CLT 3-6 m.p.o.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25719
- Brief Summary
Hagelstein, M. (in press). RATS-2: De effectiviteit van cognitief linguïstische therapie in de acute fase van afasie: een gerandomiseerde gecontroleerde trial. Afasiologie.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aphasia due to stroke;
2. Within 3 weeks post onset;
3. Age 18-85 years;
4. Language near native Dutch;
5. Life expectancy > 6 months.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Severe dysarthria;
2. Premorbid dementia;
3. Illiteracy;
4. Severe developmental dyslexia;
5. Severe visual perceptual disorders;
6.Existing aphasia;
7. Subarachnoidal haemorrhage;
8. Recent psychiatric disorder.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The score at 6 months post onset on the Amsterdam Nijmegen Everyday Language Test (ANELT), scale A (Understandability).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - Proportion of patients in each treatment group who improve at least 7 points on the ANELT<br>- A categorization of the ANELT into severe (score, 10-29) and moderate to mild (score, 30-48) communication deficits<br>- ScreeLing; Semantic Association Test (SAT), verbal version; Semantic Association words with low imageability, Nonwords Repetition and Auditory Lexical Decision (PALPA); semantic word fluency; letter fluency.