Home Program Practice for People With Language Disorders After Stroke

Duquesne University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Aphasia

Treatments: Behavioral: Logbook

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04543084

2019/12/11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Logbooks are one of the most commonly used methods to both support and track adherence in research studies. This study will look at using logbooks to support adherence to reading practice for individuals with post-stroke aphasia. It is thought that using a logbook will increase practice time.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• at least 6 months post left hemisphere stroke with a diagnosis of aphasia
• must have self-reported interest in working to improve reading comprehension
• access to the Internet
• speak English as a primary language

Exclusion criteria

• significant visual or hearing impairment as determined by "aphasia-friendly" and age-appropriate screening
• actively receiving speech-language pathology services in which computerized or reading comprehension home practice activities are assigned/requested
• severe auditory comprehension impairment that limits understanding of one-step directions (i.e., Western Aphasia Battery-Revised sequential commands subtest score below 8).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Single-Subject Design

Other group

Description:

Each participant will go through a baseline phase and then an intervention phase.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Logbook