Stepped Care for Aphasia

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stroke

Aphasia

Treatments

Behavioral: Psychosocial intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05851573

Pro00125313

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is recruiting people who had a stroke at least 1 month ago and now have a language impairment called aphasia. Living with aphasia can have devastating effects on communication and quality of life, and it is not uncommon for survivors with aphasia to face psychological problems like depression and anxiety. Participants who are eligible for this study will undergo baseline testing, engage in a 5-week treatment focused on psychological well-being, undergo post-treatment testing, and then testing again 1-month later. Check-in phone calls will be conducted during the 1-month off period and participants will be interviewed about their experience at the end of the study as well. Compensation will be provided to participants with aphasia.

Enrollment

11 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 81 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

18-81 years old
Native English speaker (English fluency by age 7)
Aphasia as a result of a left-hemisphere ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (WAB-R Aphasia Quotient < 93.8)
At least 1-month post-stroke
Confirmation of left hemisphere stroke per medical records
Discharged from hospital
Participant is willing and able to consent for themselves.

Exclusion criteria

Uncorrected hearing or visual impairment that prevents completion of experimental activities as determined by self-report
History of other neurological disorder or disease beside stroke (e.g., dementia, traumatic brain injury) as determined by self-report and/or medical records
Self-reported history of premorbid learning disability
Severe auditory comprehension deficits (as indicated by a score of more than two standard deviations below norms on the Auditory Verbal section of WAB-R)