Group Intervention Study for Individuals with Dysarthria Following Stroke and Their Carers in Pakistan

NCT04427670 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 201/2020
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Dysarthria is a common problem in Pakistan. therefore the current study aims to translate the dysarthria communication tools into urdu language for better understanding the population and the problem

Conditions

Dysarthria As Late Effect of Stroke

Keywords

Stroke; Dysarthia; Intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• efficacy of group intervention for Patients With Dysarthria will be assessed by the translated version of Roberston Dysarthria Profile.

  Roberston Dysarthria Profile take responses on 5 point likert scale where 1 for worst and 5 for better outcome.

  6 months

• efficacy of group intervention for Patients With Dysarthria will be assessed by translated version of Communication Effectivness Measure

  Communication Effectivness Measure is seven point scale arranging from 1 to 7 where 1 for worst outcome and 7 for better outcome.

  6 months

• Efficacy of group intervention for Patients With Dysarthria will be assessed by the translated version of Communicative Participation Item Bank.

  Communicative Participation Item Bank is four point scale arranging from 0 to 3 where 0 for better communication participation and 3 for worst communication participation.

  6 months

• Efficacy of group intervention for Patients With Dysarthria will be assessed by Gernal Health Questionnaire

  Gernal Health Questionnaire is four point scale in which responses 1 means better and 4 for worst condition

  6 months

• Efficacy of group intervention for Patients With Dysarthria will be assessed by Speech Intelligiblity Test

  Speech Intelligiblity Test is three point scale where 2 stands for correct utterances and 0 shows wrong production of sounds.

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Regular speech therapy

OTHER

Regular speech therapy will be provided to the controlled group.

Other: Regular speech therapy

Group intervention

OTHER

Group intervention will be provided to the experimental group.

Other: Group intervention

Interventions

Group intervention OTHER

Group intervention programme designed for stroke survivors with dysarthria and their carers. The programme was eight weeks long, with weekly two sessions, each session lasting for two hours, lead by speech language therapist and was comprised of activities which addressed participants education about their dysarthria and stroke. The role of family , peer and professional was to provide support and communication practice.

Group intervention

Regular speech therapy OTHER

Regular speech therapy will be provided to the controlled group.Regular speech therapy is one to one speech therapy session,conducted twice a week for the duration of eight weeks.This intervention is implemented to patients with dysarthria following stroke in a format of one patient and one therapist per session.

Regular speech therapy

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 40 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• to 70 years age ranges
• History of dysarthria previous six monthes
• Primary level of education
• Functional hearing and visual ablities -

You may not qualify if:

• Patient with age below 40 to 70
• Patients with diagnosis severe psychological illness
• Patient with developmental dysarthria
• Patient who come alone without any attendent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Isra University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Sheikh Zayed medical Complex

Lahore, Punjab Province, 54000, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Saima M Ali, PhD

  Isra University, Islamabad

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: principle investigator

Model Details: RCT with intervention having experimental group. random Allocation of participants.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 14, 2020
• First Posted: June 11, 2020
• Study Start: December 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 15, 2021
• Study Completion: July 12, 2024
• Last Updated: October 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Locations

PA (1)