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ReaDySpeech for people with dysarthria after stroke: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies, July 2017
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Title
ReaDySpeech for people with dysarthria after stroke: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial
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Pilot and Feasibility Studies, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40814-017-0169-0
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Authors

Claire Mitchell, Audrey Bowen, Sarah Tyson, Paul Conroy

Abstract

Dysarthria, a disordered speech production resulting from neuro-muscular impairment, is a common symptom after stroke. It causes significant problems for patients' speech intelligibility, communication, psychological well-being, social engagement and stroke recovery. Rehabilitation for dysarthria is variable in quality, intensity and duration, which may be, in part, due to the lack of good quality evidence. An online therapy programme, ReaDySpeech, has the potential to improve quality, intensity and duration of speech rehabilitation and was considered in a proof-of-concept study to be acceptable to speech and language therapists and patients which warranted further evaluation. The present study aims to examine the feasibility of running a trial using the ReaDySpeech intervention. A feasibility, randomised controlled trial, will recruit a minimum of 36 people with post-stroke dysarthria who are more than 1 week post stroke. Participants will be externally randomised in a 2:1 ratio to receive either ReaDySpeech and usual care (24 participants) or usual care only (12 participants). This study is single blind with the researcher carrying out the baseline and outcome measures while blinded to treatment allocation. The primary objective is to assess the feasibility of conducting a larger Phase III trial. The specific objectives are to determine the following: recruitment rate and reasons for non-recruitment; loss of participants to follow-up; acceptability of randomisation; adherence to the intervention; delivery of ReaDySpeech and content; acceptability of outcome measures; success of blinding strategies; defining 'usual' care; and the implications of the intervention for the patient/family/carer. This study will involve a regional, multi-centre, randomised controlled feasibility trial of a complex intervention in order to evaluate whether a Phase III randomised controlled trial is feasible. Current Controlled Trials, ISRCTN84996500.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 68 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 9 13%
Researcher 7 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 9%
Student > Master 5 7%
Student > Postgraduate 4 6%
Other 8 12%
Unknown 29 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 11 16%
Neuroscience 7 10%
Medicine and Dentistry 6 9%
Social Sciences 4 6%
Linguistics 3 4%
Other 6 9%
Unknown 31 46%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 July 2017.
All research outputs
#6,399,526
of 22,994,508 outputs
Outputs from Pilot and Feasibility Studies
#411
of 1,044 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#102,359
of 315,214 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Pilot and Feasibility Studies
#13
of 27 outputs
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