NCT03622411

Tablet-based Aphasia Therapy in the Chronic Phase

The Effect of a Tablet-based Aphasia Therapy in the Chronic Phase After Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Aphasia is one of the most common and disabling disorders following stroke, in many cases resolving in long-term deficits. There is evidence that intensive aphasia therapy is effective for language recovery, even in the chronic phase post-stroke. However, as many patients are left with residual language disorders and intensive aphasia rehabilitation is difficult to achieve, the investigators are exploring tablet-based therapies to further facilitate language recovery in a cost-effective manner.

Detailed description

This study will investigate the clinical effects of intensive tablet-based aphasia therapy as an add-on to conventional aphasia therapy (= high intensive) compared to conventional aphasia therapy (either alone, or in combination with recreational tablet use (= low intensive) in patients with aphasia following stroke, as measured by specific linguistic tests, within task improvements, functional communication and quality of life. Furthermore, the investigators want to learn more about the recovery of specific underlying language processes via event-related potentials (ERPs). At last, the investigators aim to explore whether patients with aphasia are satisfied with a tablet-based aphasia therapy, whether the app is user-friendly and which barriers the participants might have encountered.

Conditions

• Aphasia
• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	speech app	language exercises provided by the speech therapist in hospital + independent practice of language exercises via a tablet and speech app
DEVICE	brain games	language exercises provided by the speech therapist in hospital + independent recreational tablet use via brain games
BEHAVIORAL	aphasia therapy	language exercises provided by the speech therapist in hospital

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-07
• Primary completion: 2021-02-23
• Completion: 2021-02-23
• First posted: 2018-08-09
• Last updated: 2023-01-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium