The Methodological Quality of Short-Term/Working Memory Treatments in Poststroke Aphasia: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: The aims of this systematic review are to provide a critical overview of short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) treatments in stroke aphasia and to systematically evaluate the internal and external validity of STM/WM treatments. Method: A systematic search was conducted in February...

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Publicado en:Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 1979 - 2002
Autores principales: Zakariás, Lilla, Kelly, Helen, Salis, Christos, Code, Chris
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Jun2019
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          Zakariás, Lilla
          Kelly, Helen
          Salis, Christos
          Code, Chris
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          Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Germany
          Speech and Hearing Sciences, University College Cork, Ireland
          Speech and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
          Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
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        Achievement tests
        Attention
        Communication
        Language acquisition
        Patient compliance
        Recognition (Psychology)
        Task performance
        Therapeutics
        Aphasia
        Memory disorders
        Treatment of language disorders
        Stroke rehabilitation
        Treatment effectiveness
        Systematic reviews
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        Information storage & retrieval systems
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        Speech perception
        Rehabilitation of aphasic persons
        Evaluation
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          Achievement tests
          Attention
          Communication
          Language acquisition
          Patient compliance
          Recognition (Psychology)
          Task performance
          Therapeutics
          Aphasia
          Memory disorders
          Treatment of language disorders
          Stroke rehabilitation
          Treatment effectiveness
          Systematic reviews
          CINAHL database
          MEDLINE
          Medical databases
          Information storage & retrieval systems
          Psychology information storage & retrieval systems
          Speech perception
          Rehabilitation of aphasic persons
          Evaluation
      ab: Purpose: The aims of this systematic review are to provide a critical overview of short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) treatments in stroke aphasia and to systematically evaluate the internal and external validity of STM/WM treatments. Method: A systematic search was conducted in February 2014 and then updated in December 2016 using 13 electronic databases. We provided descriptive characteristics of the included studies and assessed their methodological quality using the Risk of Bias in N-of-1 Trials quantitative scale (Tate et al., 2015), which was completed by 2 independent raters. Results: The systematic search and inclusion/exclusion procedure yielded 17 single-case or case-series studies with 37 participants for inclusion. Nine studies targeted auditory STM consisting of repetition and/or recognition tasks, whereas 8 targeted attention and WM, such as attention process training including n-back tasks with shapes and clock faces as well as mental math tasks. In terms of their methodological quality, quality scores on the Risk of Bias in N-of-1 Trials scale ranged from 4 to 17 (M = 9.5) on a 0-30 scale, indicating a high risk of bias in the reviewed studies. Effects of treatment were most frequently assessed on STM, WM, and spoken language comprehension. Transfer effects on communication and memory in activities of daily living were tested in only 5 studies. Conclusions: Methodological limitations of the reviewed studies make it difficult, at present, to draw firm conclusions about the effects of STM/WM treatments in poststroke aphasia. Further studies with more rigorous methodology and stronger experimental control are needed to determine the beneficial effects of this type of intervention. To understand the underlying mechanisms of STM/WM treatment effects and how they relate to language functioning, a careful choice of outcome measures and specific hypotheses about potential improvements on these measures are required. Future studies need to include outcome measures of memory functioning in everyday life and psychosocial functioning more generally to demonstrate the ecological validity of STM and WM treatments.
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