Living With Aphasia: An International Study

Stopped early

Conditions studied: Aphasia

In brief

This prospective cohort study hypothesizes that an analysis of parallel qualitative and quantitative data is necessary to examine the full experience of living with aphasia. It is also hypothesized that there are specific factors that act as barriers or facilitators to successfully living with aphasia. A unique aspect of the project is the use of the Assessment for Living with Aphasia (ALA), a new aphasia friendly measure based on the World Health Organization International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (WHO ICF). Each session will assess written and spoken language, functional communication, mobility, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) function, burden of stroke, quality of life, and depression.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01234090

Run by

NYU Langone Health

People needed

15

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2012-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-15

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age and older, willingness to be videotaped, first incidence of aphasia secondary to stroke with stroke onset ≤2.5
• months pre-stroke or 3.5 months post-stroke with no significant complicating concomitant conditions (e.g. dementia, schizophrenia),
• premorbid fluency/literacy in English, and no history of psychiatric disorder, and sufficient communication ability (including adequate hearing and vision) in English to participate in an interview as determined by a qualified speech pathologist based on administration of the Western Aphasia Battery - Revised and clinical observation.
• participants will be enrolled in the study at 3 months post onset (+/- 2 weeks) wherever they are living, and presence of aphasia will be confirmed at the beginning of the first interview using the Aphasia Quotient cut offs of the Western Aphasia Battery.
• participants with severe global aphasia will only be excluded after the interview if meaningful responses cannot be obtained using all available communication support tools. Hence, participants with a range of aphasia severity will be included.

You may not qualify if…

• unwillingness to be videotaped
• onset of stroke <2.5 months post and >3.5 months post
• moderate or severe dementia
• symptoms of another preexisting neurological condition other than or in addition to aphasia due to stroke, or drug abuse
• neurological surgical treatment not including a surgical treatment specifically for treatment of stroke, absence of aphasia.
• no subjects will have a hearing loss unexpected for his/her chronological age.

Where it is running

• New York University School of Medicine — New York, New York, United States

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