Vauth 2016.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | Recruited from Bayreuth, Germany Inclusion criteria: > 12 months post‐stroke, aphasia, lesion on language dominant hemisphere Exclusion criteria: cognitive deficit, perceptual disorders, other motor deficits Age: mean 56 years, range 18 to 76 Gender: not reported Time post‐stroke: more than 12 months as per inclusion criteria but detail not reported |
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Interventions | Telerehabilitation: therapy was delivered via a screen and the person and therapist were in separate rooms. 1 screen displayed the therapy material and the other displayed the people communicating. Control group: same form of therapy but delivered in‐person Dose: 3 times per week (60 minutes each) for 8 weeks. Assessment pre and post‐intervention lasting 5 to 8 hours |
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Outcomes | Timing of outcome assessment: baseline, 8 weeks Measures: series of aphasia‐related measures and conversation analysis |
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Notes | Article published in German and translated. Contacted the study author for more details but they did not respond | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Details not reported |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Details not reported |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Details not reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Details not reported |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Details not reported |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Unclear |