Relationships between impairment-level assessments and functional-level assessments in aphasia: Findings from LCC treatment programmes

Aftonomos, Lefkos B.; Steele, Richard; Appelbaum, James S.; Harris, Veronica M.

doi:10.1080/02687040143000311

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“…Aftonomos and colleagues showed that WAB and CETI have a strong positive correlation before treatment in chronic aphasic patients (15). Both tests could demonstrate improvement following treatment, but after treatment the correlation between the 2 tests reversed (15).…”

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Clinical and prognostic properties of standardized and functional aphasia assessments

Laska¹,

Bartfai²,

Hellblom³

et al. 2007

Acta Derm Venereol

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Clinical and prognostic properties of standardized and functional aphasia assessments

Laska¹,

Bartfai²,

Hellblom³

et al. 2007

Acta Derm Venereol

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“…Significant others seem to appraise the various impediments aphasia causes in social contacts and participation in everyday life, while speech-language pathologists assess the limitations of linguistic activities related to aphasia (LeDorze & Brassard, 1995;Oxenham et al, 1995). Contrary to these notions, many studies (Aftonomos, Steele, Appelbaum, & Harris, 2001;Chwat & Gurland, 1981;Linebaugh & Young-Charles, 1981;Lomas et al, 1989) have indicated that family members make valid and reliable evaluations of both the linguistic and the communicative abilities of people with aphasia.…”

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confidence: 92%

People with severe and moderate aphasia and their partners as estimators of communicative skills: A client‐centred evaluation

2008

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Background: According to the philosophy of the social model of disability, clients are the best estimators of their own life situation. Eliciting the experiences of people with severe aphasia is demanding because of their language and possible other cognitive problems. They are therefore usually excluded from the studies. However, there is evidence that modified assessment tools are accessible for them and help them to give self-reports. Aims: The aim of the present study was to ascertain how people with aphasia evaluate their own communicative skills during rehabilitation by means of modified assessment tools. In addition, their answers were compared with the estimations of their significant others or other partners. Methods & Procedures:The data were collected during regular rehabilitation courses, which were carried out in two parts (8 + 4 days) with 3 months in between. Participants were 35 respondents with aphasia, aged 26 to 65 years, and 35 of their significant others or other partners, aged 29 to 71 years. The study was completed according to an initial, interim, and delayed post-test questionnaire design. Two measures were used: the Finnish version of the Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI) and an investigator-constructed questionnaire, the Use of Different Communication Methods (UDCM). The questionnaires for the people with aphasia were made more accessible by pictures. Outcomes & Results: The self-assessments of the participants with aphasia indicated that their functional communication skills did not change, but that the use of different communication methods improved slightly during the intervention. The significant others' and other partners' estimations showed that their communication skills improved significantly. Ratings of the two groups in functional communication skills differed significantly from each other before the intervention but thereafter the estimates correlated. There were no significant differences in the ratings of the use of different communication methods at any phase of the follow-up study. However, the ratings correlated significantly only at the last assessment.

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“…Studies looking at whether change in language measures is associated with change in functional communication measures following therapy have found that though both types of measures may find improvements following therapy, language change scores are not significantly correlated with functional communication change scores (Aftonomos et al . , Meier et al . ).…”

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“…In the UK, The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Clinical Guidelines (RCSLT 2005) recommend that assessment comprises: (1) language im-measures following therapy have found that though both types of measures may find improvements following therapy, language change scores are not significantly correlated with functional communication change scores (Aftonomos et al 2001, Meier et al 2017. In other words, patterns of improvement at the impairment and functional levels also diverge and therefore both types of assessment should be used regularly.…”

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Cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of The Scenario Test UK for people with aphasia

Hilari

Galante

Huck

et al. 2018

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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The data support the reliability and validity of the Scenario Test UK as an assessment of functional, daily-life communication for persons with aphasia. Further testing is needed in independent samples on the measure's psychometric properties, including its sensitivity to change. Pending this testing, The test can be used as an assessment tool to evaluate communication skills with people with aphasia, to guide goal setting for therapy and to measure outcomes in response to therapy.

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Relationships between impairment-level assessments and functional-level assessments in aphasia: Findings from LCC treatment programmes

Cited by 59 publications

References 10 publications

Clinical and prognostic properties of standardized and functional aphasia assessments

Clinical and prognostic properties of standardized and functional aphasia assessments

People with severe and moderate aphasia and their partners as estimators of communicative skills: A client‐centred evaluation

Cultural adaptation and psychometric testing of The Scenario Test UK for people with aphasia

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