TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of Clinic, Home, and Deferred Language Treatment for Aphasia
T2 - A Veterans Administration Cooperative Study
AU - Wertz, Robert T.
AU - Weiss, David G.
AU - Aten, James L.
AU - Brookshire, Robert H.
AU - García Buñuel, Luis
AU - Holland, Audrey L.
AU - Greenbaum, Howard
AU - Barnes, Norman S.
AU - Milianti, Franklin J.
AU - Brannegan, Richard
AU - Marshall, Robert C.
AU - Vogel, Deanie
AU - Carter, John
AU - Kurtzke, John F.
AU - Goodman, Roy
PY - 1986/7
Y1 - 1986/7
N2 - Aphasic patients who met stringent selection criteria were assigned randomly to three groups: clinic treatment by a speech pathologist for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of no treatment; home treatment by a trained volunteer for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of no treatment; or deferred treatment for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of treatment by a speech pathologist. At 12 weeks after entry, language measures indicated that the clinic-treatment patients made significantly more improvement than did the deferred-treatment patients, and improvement in home-treatment patients did not differ significantly from either clinic- or deferred-treatment patients. At 24 weeks after entry, after deferred-treatment patients had received clinic treatment, there were no significant differences among the groups. These results suggest that clinic treatment for aphasia is efficacious, and delaying treatment for 12 weeks does not compromise ultimate improvement.
AB - Aphasic patients who met stringent selection criteria were assigned randomly to three groups: clinic treatment by a speech pathologist for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of no treatment; home treatment by a trained volunteer for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of no treatment; or deferred treatment for 12 weeks, followed by 12 weeks of treatment by a speech pathologist. At 12 weeks after entry, language measures indicated that the clinic-treatment patients made significantly more improvement than did the deferred-treatment patients, and improvement in home-treatment patients did not differ significantly from either clinic- or deferred-treatment patients. At 24 weeks after entry, after deferred-treatment patients had received clinic treatment, there were no significant differences among the groups. These results suggest that clinic treatment for aphasia is efficacious, and delaying treatment for 12 weeks does not compromise ultimate improvement.
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U2 - 10.1001/archneur.1986.00520070011008
DO - 10.1001/archneur.1986.00520070011008
M3 - Article
C2 - 3524513
AN - SCOPUS:0022622022
SN - 0003-9942
VL - 43
SP - 653
EP - 658
JO - Archives of Neurology
JF - Archives of Neurology
IS - 7
ER -