Telepractice-delivered communication training for informal caregivers of people with aphasia: A pilot study.
Purpose: To establish proof of concept of a student-led, telepractice-delivered communication partner training towards enhancing communication between people with aphasia and their informal caregivers in everyday conversations. Method: Two dyads were recruited, each consisting of a person with aphas...
| Published in: | International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 27; no. 6; pp. 784 - 799 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=189915825&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 189915825 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17549507 8NBH jtl: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology issn: 17549507 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2025 vid: 27 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 189915825 180705942 189915825 189915825 10.1080/17549507.2024.2409137 189915825 ppf: 784 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Telepractice-delivered communication training for informal caregivers of people with aphasia: A pilot study. aug: au: Anjum, Javad Husak, Ryan S. Kudrna, Laynee affil: Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA sug: subj: Aphasia Communication Skills Training Caregivers Education Telemedicine Persons with Disabilities Conversation Interpersonal Relations Students, Health Occupations Teaching Methods Human Pilot Studies Communication Education Male Female Middle Age Aged Students, Graduate Funding Source Pretest-Posttest Design Caregiver Attitudes Knowledge Confidence Outcomes of Education Evaluation Hospitals, Public Libraries, Public North Dakota Open-Ended Questionnaires Descriptive Statistics Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Purpose: To establish proof of concept of a student-led, telepractice-delivered communication partner training towards enhancing communication between people with aphasia and their informal caregivers in everyday conversations. Method: Two dyads were recruited, each consisting of a person with aphasia and their caregiver. A pre-training questionnaire was completed by caregivers, followed by a weekly communication training session delivered by graduate student clinicians via telepractice to each dyad over 12 weeks. The caregivers then completed a post-training questionnaire. Both questionnaires included 13 Likert-scale questions and one open-ended question requiring an extended response. Result: Pre- to post-training improvements for both dyads were identified on two domains of the questionnaire: (a) frustrations of the caregiver and person with aphasia and (b) caregivers' knowledge and confidence in using communication strategies. This quantitative data was supported by additional extended responses regarding informal caregivers' current communication strategies when communicating with the person with aphasia. Conclusion: Both informal caregivers reported integrating communication strategies learned as part of the training in their interactions with the person with aphasia and experiencing fewer communication breakdowns during the two weeks following the training. The pilot study offers proof of concept for incorporating telepractice-delivered caregiver communication training as part of aphasia rehabilitation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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