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The Effect of Intensive Home Based Speech Pathology Intervention on Speech, Swallowing and Quality of Life for Stroke Survivors.

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
dysphagia
Dysarthria
oral/verbal dyspraxia
Stroke - Ischaemic
Stroke - Haemorrhagic
Registration Number
ACTRN12610000980033
Lead Sponsor
ational Stroke Foundation
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
20
Inclusion Criteria

New diagnosis of stroke with a diagnosis of dysarthria, oral dysphagia and/or oral/verbal dyspraxia.
General Royal Perth Hospital Rehabilitation in the Home acceptance criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Pre-stroke dementia
Severe oral/verbal dyspraxia and unable to vocalise
Severe dysphasia

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Oral motor and inttelligibility outcomes - Frenchary Dysarthria Assessment[immediately post therapy (3 weeks), 3 months post therapy and if possible 6 months post therapy.];A range of oral motor and speech intelligibility and swallowing assessments.[Pre therapy, post therapy three months post initial assessment, six months post initial assessment.]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
speech pathology questionnaire[Post therapy];Patient Home Practice Record Journal[every day during therapy the journal is updated];Quality of life - Dysarthria Impact Profile, SWAL - QOL.[immediately post therapy (3 weeks), 3 months post therapy and if possible 6 months post therapy.];Carer Satisfaction Questionnaire - A set questionnaire to be either written by carer or with a verbal interview by the reseracher to be conducted for each main carer for each patient recruited.[Questionnaire to be given after therapy finishes and before the three month re-assessment.];therapy assistant questionnaire[pre and post therapy.]
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