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Establishing severity levels for patient-reported measures of functional communication, participation, and perceived cognitive function for adults with acquired cognitive and language disorders
ConclusionStandardized, stakeholder-informed severity levels that aid interpretation of PROM scores can help clinicians and researchers derive better clinical meaning from those scores, for example, by identifying important clinical windows of opportunity and assessing when symptoms have returned to a “normal” range.
Source: Quality of Life Research - December 27, 2022 Category: Health Management Source Type: research

Response to Hori et  al, “Association of Speech Therapy Time and Cognitive Recovery in Stroke Patients: A Comparison of Studies”
We thank our colleagues for their interest in our work. Our respective studies point to different results on the association between therapy time and cognitive outcomes in post-acute care patients with stroke. Specifically, Hori and colleagues identified 7 differences; we respond to each point below.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - March 27, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Alison M. Cogan, Jennifer A. Weaver, Leslie F. Davidson, Nikolai Khromouchkine, Trudy Mallinson Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Association of Speech Therapy Time and Cognitive Recovery in Stroke Patients: A Comparison of Studies
We read the article by Cogan et  al with great interest and appreciate the authors’ efforts to investigate the association between therapy time and cognitive recovery of stroke patients in inpatient post-acute care facilities.1 The study showed that higher-intensity occupational therapy services were associated with better cogn itive outcomes at discharge. However, no association was found between speech-language therapy time and cognitive outcomes.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 25, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Shinsuke Hori, Kotomi Sakai, Yukito Ueda, Kana Matsuda, Ryo Momosaki Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Scoping Review of the Effectiveness of Screen-to-Screen-Therapy compared to Face-to-Face-Therapy on Naming Performance for Patients with Aphasia.
CONCLUSION: For many patients screen-to-screen-therapy is currently the only possibility to receive speech therapy treatment. Therefore it is a positive aspect that screen-to-screen-therapy is as effective as face-to-face-therapy. Screen-to-screen-therapy can provide expanded access to health care and professional expertise in health services. In this way, speech therapy care during the COVID-19 pandemic can be largely maintained. Further research is needed on evidence-based treatment methods and user-oriented apps for video therapy. PMID: 33032962 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - October 11, 2020 Category: Health Management Tags: Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes Source Type: research

Potential analysis of research on speech therapy-led communication training in aphasia following stroke.
Authors: Kempf S, Lauer N, Corsten S, Voigt-Radloff S Abstract HEALTH PROBLEM: In Germany, about 100,000 people currently suffer from aphasia. This speech disorder occurs as a result of neurologic events such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. Aphasia causes major limitations in social participation and quality of life and can be associated with unemployability and social isolation. For affected persons, it is essential to regain and maintain autonomy in daily life, both at work and with family and friends. The loss of autonomy is perceived much more dramatically than the loss of speech. Clients wish to minimise ...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - December 2, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes Source Type: research

Potentials for research and innovations in allied health professions in Germany.
Authors: Voigt-Radloff S, Lang B, Antes G Abstract In order to address the increasing complexity and continuously changing needs and demands in the German healthcare system, there is a need to strengthen knowledge translation, evidence-based practice and the conduct of clinical trials in the field of allied health professions. An interdisciplinary working group representing the fields of nursing, midwifery, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy developed a guide and a concept for seminars to provide potential analyses for research and innovations in the allied health professions in Germany. These p...
Source: Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen - December 2, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes Source Type: research