Status:
TERMINATED
Living With Aphasia: An International Study
Lead Sponsor:
NYU Langone Health
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Solomon Foundation
The University of Queensland
Conditions:
Aphasia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
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 th...
Detailed Description
Synopsis: This three year longitudinal study, based on a gerontological model, was the product of an Aphasia Think-Tank established in Toronto in 2007. The original concept and design, developed at Qu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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.
Exclusion
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2010
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
15 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01234090
Start Date
June 1 2010
End Date
May 1 2012
Last Update
June 15 2016
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New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States, 10016