Efficacy of Telerehabilitation in the Patients With Aphasia

February 23, 2016 updated by: Chun-Han Yang, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.

The study will invite 30 patients to join, and they will be arranged in the face to face group and telerehabilitation group randomly.

In the telerehabilitation group, the investigators use the mobile device, which with the camera and speaker, for patients to practice the naming training at home, and assess the speech ability every 2-4weeks by speech therapist via telerehabilitation platform.

Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) and ASHA FACS conceptual framework Test will be used as the assessment tool for evaluation speech ability and functional ability.

The investigators expect that patients can improve their speech ability, functional ability, and quality of life via telerehabilitation speech therapy.

And the investigators can establish the standard telerehabilitation speech therapy protocol for aphasia therapy.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

4

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients diagnosed as aphasia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • poor auditory comprehension

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Aphasia group
Aphasia
Procedure: Smart Phone Based Assistive Speech Therapeutic System
use the mobile device, which with the camera and speaker, for patients to practice the naming training at home, and assess the speech ability every 2-4weeks by speech therapist via telerehabilitation platform. Concise Chinese Aphasia Test (CCAT) will be used as the assessment tool for evaluation speech ability and functional ability.
Procedure: Mobile phone-based tele rehabilitation program
Mobile phone-based tele rehabilitation program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Concise Chinese Aphasia Test
Time Frame: monthly changes within 3 months
monthly changes within 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2012

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

December 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

December 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 27, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 23, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

February 29, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

February 29, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 23, 2016

Last Verified

February 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • VGHKS-CT11-06

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