Development and Feasibility Analysis of Verbal Expressive Skills Management Programme (VESMP) for Patients With Broca Aphasia

Isra University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Aphasia, Broca

Treatments: Other: VESMP; Other: Traditional Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03699605

IIRS-IUISB/PHD/015

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study was conducted to develop the verbal expressive skills management programme (VESMP) to enhance verbal expressive skills of patients with severe Broca aphasia. To determine the efficacy of VESMP in improving the quality of life and level of satisfaction of aphasic stroke patients.Control group received traditional therapy and experimental group received therapy through VESMP programme on their smart phones.

Full description

Speech therapy makes an integral part of the non-pharmacological, conservative management of Post stroke aphasia. Routine speech therapy aims to improve comprehension and verbal skills and also develop functional communication skills through augmentative Alternative communication devices. Disorders of communication, including aphasia (mainly post stroke) caused by the left hemisphere brain damage, is a major community health issue. Aphasia is a language disorder occurring mainly as a result of stroke. It is an acquired impairment of language that weakens people's ability of comprehension and expression, it does not show any affect to intellect ability. The verbal expressive skills management programme (VESMP) is the software which developed augmented management for patients to enhance verbal expressive skills for patients with severe Broca's aphasia from different geographic areas.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The 40-60 year Broca aphasia patients
• The severe Broca aphasia patients (more than 03 month of onset of stroke) Both infarct and hemorrhagic stroke
• Either gender Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• • Broca Aphasic patients having cognitive impairment

  • The patients having tumors, infections and trauma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

VESMP

Experimental group

Description:

Participants used VESMP at least half hour session thrice a week over an average of 4 months. The instruction before every domain included using it independently on the participant's own smart phone, or with a trained person either in the clinic or on their phone brought to the participant's home. Total 25 patients with diagnosis of severe non-fluent aphasia included, ages 40+, at least 3 months post-onset of single unilateral CVA affecting the language dominant hemisphere at the time of baseline testing also including, Participant demographics, aphasia classification and severity. All subjects participated in an intensive 2-week VESMP treatment program prior to beginning the individualized programs.

Treatment:

Other: VESMP

Traditional Therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control group received traditional therapy total 25 patients with diagnosis of severe non-fluent aphasia included, All subjects participated in an traditional therapy group in routine and received language therapy for 4 months of periods with three sessions per week.

Treatment:

Other: Traditional Therapy