A Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes in the Treatment of Aphasia

An extensive search of aphasia-treatment literature yielded 55 reports of clinical outcomes satisfying the essential criteria for inclusion in a meta-analysis. The results confirmed those of an earlier meta-analysis in demonstrating the utility of aphasia treatments, generally considered, for bringi...

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Published in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 1998-02, Vol.41 (1), p.172-187
Main Author: Robey, Randall R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aphasia
Aphasia - diagnosis
Aphasia - rehabilitation
Brain damage
Chronic Disease
Clinical outcomes
Cognition & reasoning
Effect Size
Evidence
Humans
Indexing
Meta Analysis
Middle Aged
Outcomes
Reproducibility of Results
Sampling
Severity of Illness Index
Speech Language Pathology
Systematic review
Time Factors
Treatment
Treatment Outcome
Validity
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Summary:An extensive search of aphasia-treatment literature yielded 55 reports of clinical outcomes satisfying the essential criteria for inclusion in a meta-analysis. The results confirmed those of an earlier meta-analysis in demonstrating the utility of aphasia treatments, generally considered, for bringing about desirable clinical outcomes. Beyond the general case, the new findings address clinical utility in finer detail than was previously possible. Effects of treatment for aphasia are synthesized and assessed for each of four important dimensions: amount of treatment, type of treatment, severity of aphasia, and type of aphasia.
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/jslhr.4101.172